When Lorenzo Dow Garrett was born in November 1857, in Iowa, United States, his father, John Garrett, was 43 and his mother, Mary Ann Hiatt, was 34. He married Manora Brooks on 10 July 1879, in Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Kildare Township, Kay, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Kildare, Kay, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 September 1938, in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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.
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Gerad, a variant of either Gerald or Gerard .
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