When Aletha Love Fosnight was born on 18 December 1896, in Jolietville, Westfield Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, her father, David Nelson Fosnight, was 31 and her mother, Nellie Mirtle Giles, was 20. She married Joseph Oral Eckrote on 25 February 1914, in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Prairie Township, Henry, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 February 1994, in Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Mount Summit Cemetery, Mount Summit, Prairie Township, Henry, Indiana, United States.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Americanized form of German Fasnacht .
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