Brief Life History of Isaac W.
When Isaac W. Myers was born on 26 January 1819, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Myers, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Froman, was 29. He married Susan Cripe on 22 November 1838, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cambridge City, Jackson Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 29 July 1863, in Magnet, Union Township, Perry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Isaac Myer, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Isaac W. Hyers - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Isaac W. Hyers
- Isaac W Meyers, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1831
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Cook, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Cook and DuPage counties]
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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