When Rebecca Elizabeth Lesher was born on 10 April 1872, in Unionville, Putnam, Missouri, United States, her father, Jacob Lesher, was 47 and her mother, Lydia Ann Troxel, was 48. She married John Barringer Cheshire on 26 March 1894. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Page, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Atchison Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 January 1957, at the age of 84.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1894: Cherokee, Kansas, United States
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 Lescher .
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