Brief Life History of Harriet
When Harriet Sherrill was born on 17 December 1803, in Vergennes, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, John Hunting Sherrill, was 36 and her mother, Eunice Case, was 29. She married Judge William Trowbridge Ward on 17 February 1825, in Vergennes, Addison, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Marquette, Wisconsin, United States in 1850. She died on 12 August 1865, in Susanville, Lassen, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Susanville Cemetery, Susanville, Lassen, California, United States.
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- Harriet S Ward in household of W T Ward, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harriet Sherrill Ward, "Find A Grave Index"
- Harriet Sherrill, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from one or more of several minor places in Devon named with Old English scīr ‘bright, clear’ + wella ‘spring, stream’: chiefly Sherwill in Cornwood, but medieval bearers of the surname have also been recorded at Sherwell in Plympton Saint Mary, Sherrill in Dunterton, and Sherril in Widdecombe in the Moor. Shirwell near Barnstaple did not give rise to a surname as far as is known. This surname is now very rare in Britain, where it is also spelled Sherrell and Sherwell , and is possibly the source of Shroll 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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