When Levi Cinninger was born on 25 December 1834, in Stark, Ohio, United States, his father, Christian Zinninger, was 43 and his mother, Anne Marie Hartstein, was 37. He married Rebecca Mc Cleary on 4 July 1857, in Kosciusko, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland in 1906. He died on 17 November 1906, in Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Leesburg Cemetery, Plain Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries 1836: Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Meaning ‘associated’ in Hebrew; in the Bible it was given by Jacob's wife Leah to her third son as an expression of her hope, ‘Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi’ (Genesis 29:34). The Levites (a Jewish priestly caste) are descended from Levi. In the New Testament, Levi is a byname of the apostle and evangelist Matthew. In modern times the name has been mainly Jewish, although its appeal is now widening. Probably its most famous bearer was Levi Strauss ( 1829–1902 ), designer of the tough canvas jeans which still bear his name.
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