Brief Life History of Ralph Charles
When Ralph Charles Muirhead was born in March 1880, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, George Muirhead, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Ann Crowton, was 16. He married Leona Mae Bankson on 10 August 1901, in Clayton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 9 April 1913, in Lone Wolf, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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- Ralph Muirhead in household of George Muirhead, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ralph Muirhead, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Ralph Muirhead in entry for Ralph Muirhead and Amelia Steadman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in southern Scotland so called, from Older Scots muir ‘moor’ + heid ‘head, end’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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