When Conrad Rod Flesher was born on 7 November 1866, in Palmyra, Warren, Iowa, United States, his father, Frederick Lemon Flesher, was 44 and his mother, Almyra Ann Lemon, was 27. He married Ella Mae Hatfield on 10 July 1889, in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cooper Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Trenton, Grundy, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 27 November 1952, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Trenton Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Gentry, Missouri, United States
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.
English: occupational name for a butcher, from Middle English fles(c)her, flesho(u)r ‘butcher’, an agent derivative of flesh ‘meat’, or from Middle English fleshheuer, fleshewer ‘butcher’, a compound of flesh ‘meat’ + heuer ‘cutter’. This surname has sometimes been confused with Fletcher .
Americanized form of German Fleischer .
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