Brief Life History of Harriet Margaret
When Harriet Margaret Dye was born on 5 December 1869, in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States, her father, Alfred Clifford Dye, was 37 and her mother, Margaret E Sapp, was 23. She married William Nelson Boward on 23 August 1886, in Middletown, Logan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Sand Ridge Twp, Menard, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Corwin Township, Logan, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died on 24 January 1946, in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown, Logan, Illinois, United States.
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- Dye in household of Alfred Dye, "United States Census, 1870"
- Harriet M. Boward, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Harriet Dye Boward, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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
English (Norfolk): from the Middle English female personal name Dye, a pet form of Denis(e) (from Latin Dionisia); see Dennis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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