Brief Life History of Mary Adestia
When Mary Adestia Colmer was born on 16 April 1871, in Athens, Ohio, United States, her father, Lyman Buris Colmer, was 43 and her mother, Alma Ann Delaine Bosworth, was 34. She married Harry D. Morrison on 15 October 1898, in Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Athens Township, Athens, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States for about 20 years.
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- Mary Coalmer in household of Laman Coalmer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Colmer in entry for Ralph Elwood Morrison and Ida May Sycks, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Mary A Morrison in household of Harry D Morrison, "United States Census, 1900"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): habitational name from one of more of the numerous places with this or a similar name, such as Colmer in North Huish (Devon), Colemore (Hampshire), and Colmer Farm in Marshwood (Dorset), from Old English cōl ‘cool’ + mere ‘pool, pond’.
Altered form of German Kollmer, a habitational name from Colmar in Alsace (formerly written Kolmar), or perhaps of Gollmer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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