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John Cyrus Mercer 1810 – 1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 May 1810

Birth Location: Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 26 Mar 1886

Death Location: Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA

Father: Gen. Mercer

Mother: Mary Griffin

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John Cyrus Mercer was born in 1810 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA, the child of Gen. Hugh Tenant Weedon Tennant Mercer and Mary Louisa Stuart Griffin. John Cyrus Mercer passed away in 1886 in Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • John Cyrus Mercer was born in 1810 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA, the child of Gen. Hugh Tenant Weedon Tennant Mercer and Mary Louisa Stuart Griffin.
  • John Cyrus Mercer passed away in 1886 in Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA.

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John Mercer's Ancestors

Self
John Mercer
1810 – 1886
Birth Place: Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Parents
Gen. Hugh Tenant Weedon Tennant Mercer
1776 – 1853
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Mary (Louisa Stuart) Griffin
1779 – 1859
Fredericksberg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Brigadier (General Hugh Mercer,) M.D.
1725 – 1777
Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Isabella Gordon
1740 – 1791
Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Cyrus Griffin,
1748 – 1810
Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Lady (Christina) Stewart
1741 – 1807
Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Mercer
1696 – 1767
Ann Munro
1700 – 1768
Capt Griffin
1711 – 1750
Mary Bertrand
1714 – 1748
Sir Stewart,
1699 – 1779
Christian Anstruther
1722 – 1771
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Griffin
1684 – 1732
Elizabeth Lee
1688 – 1761
William Bertrand
1687 – 1760
Susannah Fouchee
1695 –
Charles Stewart,
1659 – 1741
Mary Maxwell
1659 – 1759

John Mercer's Timeline

3 Records

1810
12 May 1810
Birth of John Cyrus Mercer in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
1884
1884
Age 74
Burial of John Cyrus Mercer in Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA
Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA
1886
26 Mar 1886
Age 76
Death of John Cyrus Mercer in Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA
Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 May 1810
    Event Place: Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: 12 JAN 2009 21:02:38 GMT-5/

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Place: Physician/

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1886
    Event Place: Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1884
    Event Place: Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Waller Family Graveyard

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