Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Merrill was born on 23 November 1830, in Liberty Township, Knox, Ohio, United States, her father, Gilman Merrill, was 22 and her mother, Rebecca Severe, was 17. She married Alfred Wallace Brim on 5 November 1849, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died in 1866, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Ann Brim in household of Alfred Brim, "United States Census, 1860"
- Maryanne Merrill, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Mary Ann Brim, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1836
Historical Boundaries 1836: Caldwell County created from Non-County Area 7.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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