Brief Life History of Sherman Washington
When Sherman Washington Myers was born on 1 December 1889, in Yellow Creek, Graham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Daniel Hamilton Myers, was 24 and his mother, Ellen M. Stewart, was 23. He married Effie Jane Green on 16 July 1921, in Yellow Creek, Graham, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Yellow Creek Township, Graham, North Carolina, United States for about 40 years and Penrose, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States in 1958. He died on 19 April 1958, in Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Yellow Creek, Graham, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (26)
- Sherman W Meyer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sherman Myers, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Sherman Myers, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1889–1958 Male
1897–1984 Female
Children (3)
1922–1996 Female
1924–2013 Male
1927– Male
Parents and Siblings
1865–1942 Male
1866–1938 Female
Siblings (9)
1889–1953 Male
1889–1958 Male
1891–1963 Female
1893–1974 Female
1896–1962 Male
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 1
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 8
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 19
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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