Brief Life History of Emmet Elmer
When Emmet Elmer Ralston was born on 7 July 1868, in Wayne Township, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, his father, James Courtright Ralston, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Guyton, was 18. He married Maud Ella Coffland on 12 January 1898, in Bridgeport, Pease Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Mead Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Yellow Creek Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1929. He died on 18 September 1929, in Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Madison Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.
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- E*T E Roylston, "United States Census, 1900"
- Unknown, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Emmet E. Ralston, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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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.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Ralston (Renfrewshire), composed of the personal name Raoul, a vernacular form of Ralph , + Scots toun ‘farm, village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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