When Amos Cobler was born on 21 April 1853, in Auburn, Union Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States, his father, Philip Cobler, was 30 and his mother, Mariah Wilson, was 28. He married Sarah Margaret Kasht on 23 December 1874, in DeKalb, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Wood, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 23 July 1938, in North Baltimore, Wood, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, North Baltimore, Wood, Ohio, United States.
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The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Probably also an altered form of English Cobbler .
Americanized form of German and possibly also Slovenian Kobler .
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