Brief Life History of Ray Elmer
When Ray Elmer Plantz was born about 1858, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Martin Van Buren Plantz, was 25 and his mother, Almeda A Akins, was 19. He lived in Saline, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Custer Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died on 25 August 1897, in Plainview, Pierce, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Plainview, Pierce, Nebraska, United States.
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- D Andrew Plantz in household of Martin Plantz, "United States Census, 1880"
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Ray Plantz in household of Martin Plantz, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Pflanz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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