When Frances M Roark was born about 1849, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, William Roark, was 25 and her mother, Rebecca Hipple, was 24. She married John Dixon on 20 April 1871, in Darke, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Miami MM, Montgomery, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 25 January 1875, in Darke, Ohio, United States, at the age of 27.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Irish: shortened and altered form of O'Rourke .
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