Brief Life History of Amos Dick
When Amos Dick Polley was born on 21 December 1877, in Illinois, United States, his father, Jesse H Polley, was 47 and his mother, Lucy Ann Hegwood, was 35. He married Signa Albertina Sampson on 19 November 1915. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1940. In 1900, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as general laborer in Pawnee Rock, Barton, Kansas, United States. He died on 19 November 1952, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.
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- A D Polly, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Amos Dick Polley, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- A D Polley, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southeastern): variant of Pooley .
German: variant of Poley .
French (northern): variant of Pollet .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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