Brief Life History of Marcus Eugene
When Marcus Eugene Harlan was born on 17 June 1851, in Harveysburg, Massie Township, Warren, Ohio, United States, his father, John Carter Harlan, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Jane Doxey, was 28. He married Anna B. Meadows on 10 October 1878, in Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Smith, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 7 May 1915, in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Kansas, United States.
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- Eugene Harlan in household of John Harlan, "United States Census, 1870"
- Marcus "Eugene" Harlan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Marcus Eugene Harlan, "Kansas, Riley County, Sunset Cemetery, Burial Index Cards, 1856-1998"
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1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Kansas Territory, United States 1855: Riley, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Riley, Kansas, United States [Spreads across Riley and Pottawatomie counties]
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several minor places called in Old English with hār ‘gray’, hara ‘hare’, or hær ‘rock, tumulus’ + land ‘tract of land, estate, cultivated land’, notably Harland in Kirkbymoorside (North Yorkshire). This surname has also been present in northern Ireland (Armagh and Antrim) since the 17th century, but is now rare in Britain.
History: Harlan County, KY was named for Major Silas Harlan (died 1782). John Marshall Harlan, born in KY in 1833, became a US Supreme Court justice.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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