Brief Life History of Levi Gibson
When Levi Gibson Hillhouse was born on 16 November 1866, in Avilla, Jasper, Missouri, United States, his father, James Harvey Hillhouse, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Young, was 27. He married Sarah Emaline Neil on 13 November 1889, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Lawrence, Missouri, United States in 1890 and Aurora Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States for about 40 years. He died on 7 May 1948, in Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.
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- Levi G Hillhouse, "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
- Levi Hillhouse, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Levi Gibson Hillhouse, "Find A Grave Index"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Lawrence, Missouri, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English or early modern English hill + house ‘house on the hill’. In Yorkshire the surname may arise from the name of a farm in Fartown, Pudsey (Yorkshire).
Scottish (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire) and English: habitational name from any of several minor places in Ayrshire and elsewhere in Scotland, probably named with Middle English, Older Scots hill + house ‘house on the hill’.
History: Rev. James Hillhouse, the first minister of Montville, CT, came to North America from County Londonderry, Ireland, c. 1720. His grandson James Hillhouse was a Federalist congressman from CT and treasurer of Yale College from 1782 to 1832.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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