Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Wymore was born in 1849, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William John Wymore, was 38 and her mother, Mary Magdalene Bowman, was 37. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870.
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- Martha Wymore, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a variant of Wymer .
Altered form of German Weimar .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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