When Ella Laura Burritt was born on 15 September 1858, in Peoria, Illinois, United States, her father, Hiram B Burritt, was 40 and her mother, Julia Ann Ford, was 42. She married Everett Osgood Joslyn on 6 September 1879, in Lake, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Marengo, McHenry, Illinois, United States for about 35 years and River Forest, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 29 August 1940, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Marengo, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
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.
English:
from the Middle English personal name Burret, Old English Burgrǣd, composed of the elements burh, burg ‘fortress, stronghold’ + rǣd ‘counsel’.
possibly a nickname for someone with thick and disheveled hair, from Old French b(o)ure ‘coarse woolen cloth’ + Middle English heved ‘head’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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