Brief Life History of Amasa Edwin
When Amasa Edwin Merriam Sr. was born on 25 October 1832, in New Hartford, New Hartford, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Edwin Parker Merriam, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Blakesley Finch, was 21. He married Olive Diana Lytle on 27 May 1858, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 1 February 1897, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Amasa Merriam, "United States Census, 1870"
- Amasa E. Merriam, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Amasa Edwin Merriam Sr, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple
On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from an unidentified place called Meryham, apparently in east Sussex but now lost. The placename may derive from Old English myrig ‘merry, pleasant’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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HISTORY OF AMASA EDWIN MERRIAM, SR
24.0 AMASA EDWIN MERRIAM, SR Born: October 25, 1832, New Hartford (near Utica), Onside County, New York Married: 27 May 1858, Olive Diana Lytle Died: Feb. 1, 1897, Manti, Sanpete, Utah Chi …
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