When Rutherford Girard "Rufe" Burros was born on 8 February 1880, in Polk, Missouri, United States, his father, Erastus Arbuckle Burros, was 25 and his mother, Ann Jeremia "Annie" Berlier, was 22. He married Nora Jane Shea about 1900, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Polk, Missouri, United States for about 60 years. He died on 4 June 1959, in Eudora, Polk, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Aldrich, Polk, Missouri, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Polk, Missouri, United States
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
English (Surrey): variant of Burrows .
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