Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington McArthur was born on 25 March 1848, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States, his father, Gabriel Abram McArthur, was 30 and his mother, Elisabeth Glaspell, was 33. He married Lydia Katherine Green on 13 September 1869, in Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Montana Township, Jewell, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Smith, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 23 January 1930, in Topeka Township, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cora, Smith, Kansas, United States.
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- George Mc Arthur in household of Gobriel Mc Arthur, "United States Census, 1860"
- George Mcarthur, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- George McArthur, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1867
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Smith, Kansas, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Artair, ‘son of Arthur’ (see Arthur ).
History: Clan Arthur is a Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with lands on the northern shores of Loch Awe. In 1427 the chief of the clan was one of several Highland chiefs executed for treason by King James I; it is said that the clan never recovered. As a matter of fact, there were several different Highland families and septs of other clans bearing the name Mac Artair.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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