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John Wesley Mercer 1798 – 1868 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1798

Birth Location: Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 31 May 1868

Death Location: Franklin County, Alabama, USA

Father: William Messer

Mother: Martha Clark

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John Wesley Mercer was born in 1798 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA, the child of William Clark Messer and Martha Elizabeth Walker Clark. John Wesley Mercer passed away in 1868 in Franklin County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • John Wesley Mercer was born in 1798 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA, the child of William Clark Messer and Martha Elizabeth Walker Clark.
  • John Wesley Mercer passed away in 1868 in Franklin County, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

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John Mercer's Ancestors

Self
John Mercer
1798 – 1868
Birth Place: Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Parents
William Clark Messer
1762 – 1817
Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
Martha (Elizabeth Walker) Clark
1760 – 1818
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Gabriel (Walker) Sr
1735 – 1799
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret ((Walker)) Bell
1740 – 1815
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Walker
1710 – 1762
Margaret Mayne
1719 – 1768
Agnes Scotland
1716 – 1780
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Walker
1670 – 1757
Elizabeth Walker
1673 – 1753

John Mercer's Timeline

2 Records

1798
1798
Birth of John Wesley Mercer in Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
1868
31 May 1868
Age 70
Death of John Wesley Mercer in Franklin County, Alabama, USA
Franklin County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1798
    Event Place: Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 May 1868
    Event Place: Franklin County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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