Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Vanover was born on 15 January 1859, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States, his father, John S. Vanover, was 25 and his mother, Luvenia Wall, was 17. He married Olive Josephine Robertson about 1880, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Vanover, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Magisterial District 5 Vanover, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 17 June 1933, in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Brushy Fork Cemetery, Panther, Daviess, Kentucky, United States.
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- Geo W Vanover, "United States Census, 1920"
- George W. Vanover, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- F W Vanover in entry for Wyman T Pruden and Virgie Vanover, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Van Oever, a topographic name from Middle Dutch oever ‘shore, river bank’, or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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