When William Henry Harrison Burnett was born on 3 January 1865, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, his father, Elias Cox Burnett, was 19 and his mother, Elizabeth Florena Dozier, was 20. He married Rebecca S Hanimock on 18 December 1884, in Knox, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in McHargue, Laurel, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 2, Laurel, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 14 March 1942, in Laurel, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Camp Ground Cemetery, London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Scottish and Irish (Tyrone and Antrim): descriptive nickname of Norman origin, from Old French burnete, a diminutive of brun ‘brown’ (see Brown ), or possibly in some instances a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of burnete, a high quality woolen cloth, originally dark brown in color.
Probably also an altered form of English Barnett .
In some cases also an altered form of French Burnet ; compare Burnette .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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