When John Edward Kreighbaum was born in August 1864, in Indiana, United States, his father, Reverend Aaron Henry Kreighbaum, was 20 and his mother, Catherine Knisley, was 24. He married Lora May Welborn on 24 October 1887, in Marshall, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in West Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States for about 10 years.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
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.
Americanized form of German Kriechbaum or Krichbaum . Compare Creighbaum .
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