Brief Life History of Myrtle "Myrtie"
When Myrtle "Myrtie" Brasher was born on 28 August 1888, her father, Martin V. Brashears, was 40 and her mother, Malinda Cynthia Orr, was 36. She married William Granville Lafayette Montgomery on 18 December 1904, in Decatur, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Davidson, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 1, Decatur, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 28 August 1917, in Bath Springs, Decatur, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Henson Family Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Mertle Brachen, "United States Census, 1900"
- Myrtie Brasher, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Myrtie Montgomery, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
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 (of Norman origin): occupational name for a brewer, from Anglo-Norman French braceour, brasseour ‘brewer’ (from Late Latin braciare, a derivative of braces ‘malt’, of Gaulish origin).
English: variant of Brazier .
Variant of Brashear , a surname of French origin, cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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