Brief Life History of Dorcas
When Dorcas Lovingood was born on 31 March 1879, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, her father, Gather Burgess Lovingood, was 22 and her mother, Martha Melvina Fair, was 22. She married Lawson Lunsford on 11 June 1905, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Murphy Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1967. She died on 5 November 1967, in Peachtree, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.
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- Darcus Lunsford in household of Lawson Lunsford, "United States Census, 1910"
- Darcus Lovingood, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Dorcas Lunsford, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
Americanized form (translation into English) of Swiss German Liebengut (‘dear and good’), a presumed original form, besides the more probable Leibengut, of the surname Levengood and its variants. Compare Lovinggood .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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