Brief Life History of Joseph Robert
When Joseph Robert Dial was born on 23 October 1878, in Fountain Run, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jacob Nelson Dial, was 28 and his mother, Matilda Ann Bush, was 31. He married Katherine Alice Garmon on 15 September 1898, in Fountain Run, Monroe, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 2 Turner, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 19 May 1953, in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States.
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- Joseph R Dial, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Robert Dial - Individual or family possessions: birth: 23 October 1878; Fountain Run, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
- Joseph Robert Dial, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Dalziel , representing the usual pronunciation of this name in Scotland.
Perhaps also an altered form of Irish Dyal , itself an altered form of Doyle .
Indian: Anglicized form of Dayal . It is also found in South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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