John Garrett Fitzsimmons was born on 26 May 1859, in Athensville, Greene, Illinois, United States as the son of James Fitzsimons and Catharine Kaeri. He married Elzina Tina Ruyle on 2 October 1885, in Gage, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Reno, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Grandview Township, Ford, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 1 November 1940, in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Reno, Kansas, United States
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.
Irish and English: variant of Fitzsimon, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (see Fitz ) + either of the personal names Simon or Sigmund (see Simon ), ‘son of Simon or Sigmund’. The name is also found in the Gaelicized form Mac Síomóin.
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