Brief Life History of Francis Augustus
When Francis Augustus Bunker was born on 20 November 1848, in Franklin, Hancock, Maine, United States, his father, Roland Martin Bunker, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Ann French, was 21. He married Ada Jane Crockett on 4 May 1872, in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 16 June 1932, in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Francis A Bunker in household of Richard Merriam, "United States Census, 1930"
- Francis A. Bunker, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Legacy NFS Source: Francis Augustus Bunker - Individual or family possessions: death: 16 June 1932;
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1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for "medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated "purchaser", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: nickname, of Norman origin, for a reliable or good-hearted person, from Old French bon ‘good’ + cuer ‘heart’ (from Latin cor).
German (Bünker): variant of Bönker (see Boenker ).
History: Bunker Hill in Charlestown, MA, was named as land assigned in 1634 to George Bunker of Charlestown, who had emigrated from Odell in Bedfordshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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