When Grace E. Swezey was born in 1863, in Mount Sinai, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States, her father, Isaac Reeves Swezey, was 25 and her mother, Adelaide Elizabeth Kent, was 22. She married Calvin Gale on 17 September 1881, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Queens, New York City, New York, United States in 1925 and Huntington, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1930. She died on 25 July 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Affton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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Altered form of English Swasey .
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