When James E Weirman was born on 5 September 1856, his father, Isaac Wierman, was 33 and his mother, Malinda Keller, was 28. He married Sarah Ellen Garn on 3 March 1878, in St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Emerald Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 20 March 1940, in Paulding, Paulding, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Paulding, Paulding, Ohio, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Variant of Wireman , a surname of German origin.
Americanized form of German Wiermann: derivative of Wier , with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’.
Dutch: topographic name from Middle Dutch wier(de) ‘artificial dwelling mound’ + man ‘man’. This surname is very rare in the Netherlands.
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