Brief Life History of Howard Whitt
When Howard Whitt Strickler was born on 5 October 1857, in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, his father, James Strickler, was 34 and his mother, Maria Magdelene Sensabaugh, was 37. He married Ann Charlotte Crim on 6 December 1885, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Lee District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He died on 15 March 1938, in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Emmanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.
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- Howard Strickler in household of James Strickler, "United States Census, 1870"
- Howard Strickler, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Howard Strickler, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
German (Rhineland) and Swiss German: variant of Stricker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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