Brief Life History of Curtis
When Curtis Main was born on 25 February 1831, in Ohio, United States, his father, Loderick L Maine, was 34 and his mother, Anne Eliza Baird, was 24. He married Sarah E. Hart on 5 February 1860, in Cass, Illinois, United States. He lived in Cass, Cass, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Beardstown, Cass, Illinois, United States for about 5 years. He died on 6 October 1866, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Beard Cemetery, Beardstown, Cass, Illinois, United States.
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- Curtis Maine, "Illinois State Census, 1865"
- Curtis Maine, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Curtis Main-Maine, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · Black Hawk War
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Name Meaning
Scottish: from a shortened form of the Scandinavian personal name Magnus , which in Older Scots became Manus and Mane.
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ma(g)ino, Meino, from magan ‘strength, might’.
English (of Norman origin): nickname for a large man, from Old French magne, maine ‘great, big’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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