Brief Life History of Homer
When Homer Gittings was born on 28 July 1856, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Kinsey Gittings, was 22 and his mother, Lucy Sperry, was 22. He lived in Pontoosuc Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 13 April 1873, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- Homer Gedding in household of Kinsey Gedding, "United States Census, 1870"
- Homer Gittings, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ancestry Family Trees
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1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English (West Midlands): variant of Gittens and Getting .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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