When Lillian Belle “Lillie” Merchant was born on 16 July 1873, in Newton Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, her father, William Jefferson Merchant, was 27 and her mother, Alice Eveline Foster, was 24. She married Osmer Francisco on 12 November 1891, in Newton Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Marshall, Calhoun, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Emmett Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died about 1950, at the age of 78.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English: occupational name for a buyer and seller of goods, from Old French, Middle English march(e)ant, Late Latin mercatans (see Marchand ).
Indian (Gujarat and Mumbai): Muslim and Parsi occupational name for a trader, from the English vocabulary word merchant.
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