Brief Life History of Andrew Johnson
When Andrew Johnson Moore was born on 25 December 1792, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Amos Moore, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Foreman, was 28. He married Rebecca Curry on 6 July 1815, in Clermont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Grant Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 18 September 1871, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Nodaway, Missouri, United States.
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- Andrew More, "United States Census, 1870"
- Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011
- Andrew More, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1817
BROWN COUNTY This sub-division of the state was formed from Adams and Clermont, March 1, 1817, and named for Gen. Jacob Brown, a gallant officer in the War of 1812.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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I AM NOT GOING
Written for the exodus reinactment. Nauvoo 2017 by Harleen Gross, 4th great granddaughter. “I won’t be long, Rebecca.” Andrew pulled the door tight and disappeared into the winter blizzard. Seve …
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