When Zoe Margaret Howerton was born on 19 September 1865, in Iowa, United States, her father, James R. Howerton, was 28 and her mother, Elenora Summers, was 24. She married Thomas Jefferson Shannon on 27 June 1893, in Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bell, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 3, Kern, California, United States in 1940. She died on 15 June 1942, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English: habitational name from an unidentified place.
History: Thomas Howerton came from England c. 1663 toRappahannock CO., VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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