When Thomas Jefferson Knowlton was born on 22 January 1846, in Wayne, Wood, Ohio, United States, his father, Calvin Peter Knowlton, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Ann Parris, was 29. He married Hulda Jane Nalley on 24 September 1863, in Washington Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Salem Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Bethel Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 22 April 1932, in Washington, Monroe, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Graysville, Washington Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
"West Virginia was given statehood status with the ""agreement"" the citizens would phase out slavery. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Statehood Bill for West Virginia. West Virginia was proclaimed a state on April 20, 1863, with the bill becoming effective 60 days later, June 20, 1863. When West Virginia first entered statehood in 1863, there were only 46 counties. That same year, four other counties voted themselves into West Virginia. Today, there are 55 counties in the Mountain State. The oldest county in the state is Hamsphire County formed in 1754 as part of Virginia. The youngest county is Mingo formed in 1895. The smallest county is Hancock located in the northern panhandle of the state with Randolph being the largest. When the Legislature convened for its first session, there were only 47 members of the House of Delegates and 18 members of the State Senate. Through the years, the number has increased to 100 members of the House of Delegates and 34 members of the State Senate."
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.
English (Hampshire): habitational name from either of two places so named, one in Dorset and the other in Kent. Both are named from Old English cnoll ‘knoll, hilltop’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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