Jacob Hammer Kile

Brief Life History of Jacob Hammer

When Jacob Hammer Kile was born on 19 August 1869, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States, his father, George Washington Kile, was 37 and his mother, Nancy C Graham, was 40. He married Sallie Susan Kimble in 1891, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rawlings, Allegany, Maryland, United States in 1930 and Allegany, Maryland, United States for about 5 years. He died on 10 February 1943, in Dawson, Allegany, Maryland, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dawson Cemetery, Dawson, Allegany, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Hammer Kile
1869–1943
Sallie Susan Kimble
1873–1946
Marriage: 1891
Virginia Mabel Kile
1894–1963
Eston McKinley Kile
1896–1970
Bessie Alice Kile
1898–1970
Iva Grace Kile
1900–1937
Loy Thorn Kile
1901–1972
Warnie J Kile
1902–1935
Herbert Alfred Kile Sr.
1908–1977
Ona Maud Kile
1914–1993

Sources (29)

  • J H Kyle, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Jacob H. Kile, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
  • Jacob H Kile, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"

World Events (8)

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.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Norwegian: habitational name from any of thirteen farmsteads name Kile, from Old Norse kíll ‘wedge’, by extension ‘narrow bay, inlet’.

Americanized form of German Keil .

Scottish and English: variant of Kyle .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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