When Martha Jane Fast was born on 10 May 1852, in Township of Martinsburg, Pike, Illinois, United States, her father, Isaac Jay Fast, was 32 and her mother, Narcissa Amelia Rosa de Malridda Richardson, was 23. She married Jacob Ator on 11 March 1868, in Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Milton, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Martinsburg, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 13 January 1912, in Pleasant Hill, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Crescent Heights Cemetery, Township of Pleasant Hill, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
North German: nickname for a reliable steadfast person, or from a short form of any of various personal names beginning with the element fast ‘steadfast, firm’, for example Fastert.
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