When John Addison Lesher was born on 23 August 1861, in Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States, his father, Jacob Lesher, was 37 and his mother, Lydia Ann Troxel, was 37. He married Dessaline Troyer on 19 June 1888, in Chardon, Rawlins, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Paradise Township, Rooks, Kansas, United States in 1915. He died on 21 October 1941, in Codell, Rooks, Kansas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Codell, Rooks, Kansas, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Rooks, Kansas, United States
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Americanized form of German Lescher .
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