Brief Life History of Richard Miles
When Richard Miles Holeton was born on 1 April 1853, in Iowa, United States, his father, John M. Holeton, was 48 and his mother, Sarah Fry, was 26. He lived in Jefferson Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1900 and La Grange Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 11 October 1925, in Boyer Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Richard Holton in household of Samuel Moore, "United States Census, 1870"
- Richard Miles Holeton, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- John R Holeton in entry for Richard Miles Holeton, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
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World Events (8)
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Harrison, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Sussex): possibly a variant of Halston, which is partly a habitational name from Halston (Shropshire), perhaps named with an Old English personal name Ealh + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, and partly derived from the Middle English personal name Halstein. Alternatively, Holston may be a habitational name from Holstone in Durham (from Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + stān ‘stone’) or from a lost or unidentified place so called.
Probably an Americanized form of German Holsten .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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