Brief Life History of Edward Nathan
When Edward Nathan Pierson was born on 22 August 1876, in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, Frederick A. Pierson, was 27 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Pulford, was 21. He married Mae Etta Merriam on 2 April 1901, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States for about 30 years. He died on 5 April 1955, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Edward Pierson in household of James Wheeler, "United States Census, 1900"
- Edward Nathan, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Edward N. Pierson, "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896
Consolidated April 1, 1896
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Pearson .
North German: patronymic from the personal name Pier, a variant of Peer, vernacular shortened form of Peter . Compare Peerson .
History: Born in Yorkshire, England, Abraham Pierson (1609–78) was the first pastor of the settlements at Southampton, Long Island, NY; Branford, CT, and Newark, NJ. He left his library of more than 400 books, one of the most extensive in the colonies, to his son Abraham, who was one of the first trustees of Yale College.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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