Brief Life History of Louisa Emily
When Louisa Emily Bragdon was born on 3 February 1842, in Maine, United States, her father, Nahum Bragdon, was 46 and her mother, Mary B Dyer, was 32. She married Lewis Marshall Murch in 1863, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Franklin, Hancock, Maine, United States in 1880 and Sorrento, Hancock, Maine, United States in 1900. She died on 1 July 1900, in West Sullivan, Sullivan, Hancock, Maine, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Franklin, Hancock, Maine, United States.
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- Louiza E Murch in household of Lewis Murch, "United States Census, 1870"
- Louisa Emily Bragdon Murch, "Find a Grave Index"
- Louisa Bragdon in entry for Unknown and Unknown, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for "medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated "purchaser", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English: most probably a variant of Brogden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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