Brief Life History of Sumner Lucien
When Sumner Lucien Gates was born on 18 June 1848, in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Edwin L. Gates, was 24 and his mother, Mary Brigham Porter, was 21. He married Mary Lucy Ann Holton on 7 October 1871, in Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Northfield, Washington, Maine, United States in 1902. He died on 19 March 1902, in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in West Northfield Cemetery, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Sumner L Gates in household of Edwin L Gates, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- Sumner L. Gates, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Sumner L. Gates, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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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 This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856.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.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Gate with plural or excrescent -s. The English surname Gate has three possible origins: (i) a topographic name from Middle English gate ‘gate’ (Old English geat, dative plural gatum), denoting someone who lived by a gate or set of gates (possibly sometimes an occupational name for a gate keeper; compre Yates); (ii) in northern England, the East Midlands, and East Anglia, a topographic name from Middle English gate ‘street, road, path’ (Old Norse gata) for someone who lived by a road (compare Street ); (iii) a nickname meaning ‘goat’, from northern Middle English gate, gait (Old English gāt, Old Norse geitr).
Americanized form of German Götz (see Goetz ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Barrière (see Barriere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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