When Olivia Frances McCrary was born on 1 June 1847, in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States, her father, John Clark McCrary, was 28 and her mother, Mariam Hood Witt, was 22. She married Thomas Jefferson Blakemore on 19 May 1870, in Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Carondelet, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Bonhomme Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died on 10 February 1935, in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Howard, 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.
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.
Scottish: variant of McCreary .
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