Brief Life History of Carrie Marion
When Carrie Marion Edson was born in September 1861, in North Lawrence, Lawrence, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, Henry Kingman Edson, was 38 and her mother, Celestia Ann Kirk, was 34. She married Charles Miner Chafee on 15 July 1891, in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Laurel, Yellowstone, Montana, United States in 1900. She died on 3 April 1903, in Yellowstone, Montana, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Mountview Cemetery, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States.
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- Carrie M Edsen in household of Henry H Edsen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Carrie Marion Edson, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Carrie Edson Chafee, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Edison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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