Andrew Jackson Myers

Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson

When Andrew Jackson Myers was born on 21 April 1828, in Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States, his father, John A Myers, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca Davis, was 19. He married Elizabeth Hudson before 1853. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Henry, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Olio, Fall Creek Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 17 June 1918, in Fall Creek Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Gravel Lawn Cemetery, Green Township, Madison, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Myers
1828–1918
Elizabeth Brooks
1834–1909
Marriage: 8 February 1869
William Andrew Myers
1869–1955
Eli P. Meyers
1871–
Dr Morton Myers
1872–1936
Noah Brooks Myers
1875–1968
Eva Lee Myers
1879–1961

Sources (16)

  • Andrew Myers, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Andrew J Myers, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Andrew Jackson Myers, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1833

Historical Boundaries 1833: Hamilton, Indiana, United States

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

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.

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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