Brief Life History of Curtis Kinsey
When Curtis Kinsey Gittings was born on 3 July 1858, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Kinsey Gittings, was 24 and his mother, Lucy Sperry, was 23. He married Emma Kate Thompson on 3 August 1881, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wilber, Saline, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Beaver Election Precinct, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 30 September 1938, in Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States.
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- Curtis Gedding in household of Kinsey Gedding, "United States Census, 1870"
- Curtis Gittings, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Curtis Kinsey Gittings, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States
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.
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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