Brief Life History of Malinda Harriet
When Malinda Harriet Myers was born on 21 February 1821, in Little Chucky, Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, Henry Heiger Myers, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Trobaugh, was 41. She married James L. Greenlee on 17 August 1849, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 21 December 1875, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States.
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- Harriet Greenlee in household of James Greenlee, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harriet M Myers, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Malinda Harriet Myers Greenlee, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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