Thomas Cecil Mercer

Brief Life History of Thomas Cecil

When Thomas Cecil Mercer was born on 9 July 1868, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, his father, Asa Shinn Mercer, was 29 and his mother, Anne Elizabeth Stephens, was 31. He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1870 and Pierce, Washington, United States in 1871. He died on 18 March 1883, in Henrietta, Clay, Texas, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Henrietta, Clay, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Shinn Mercer
1839–1917
Anne Elizabeth Stephens
1836–1900
Janet Marie Mercer
1867–1955
Thomas Cecil Mercer
1868–1883
Anita Loretta Mercer
1871–1943
Ralph Donald Mercer
1875–1963
Asa Stanislaus Mercer
1876–1935
Bowman Francis Mercer
1877–1954
Joseph Mercer
1881–1883
Mathew Mercer
1881–1883

Sources (4)

  • Cecil Mercer in household of A S Mercer, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thomas Cecil Mercer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Thomas C Mercer in household of Assa S Mercer, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (7)

1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union

Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English and Catalan: occupational name for a merchant, from Old French mercier, merchier (see Mercier ). In Middle English the term was applied particularly to someone who dealt in textiles, especially the more costly and luxurious fabrics such as silks, satin, and velvet.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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