When James Buckaman Stilts was born on 15 September 1857, in Wayne Township, Noble, Ohio, United States, his father, William Stilts, was 27 and his mother, Cassandra Kildow, was 24. He married Lucy Eugenia Bradley on 6 November 1881, in Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. He lived in Woods, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Woodland Township, Logan, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 17 April 1931, in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie Township, Logan, Oklahoma, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Americanized form of German Stiltz .
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