When Otis Ellsworth Eells was born on 8 July 1882, in Kansas, United States, his father, Morris Eells, was 57 and his mother, Mary Ann Finch, was 42. He married Edna Grace Gannett on 27 September 1905, in Hailey, Blaine, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Owyhee, Idaho, United States in 1935 and Gannett Election Precinct, Blaine, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 14 December 1954, in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Knowlton Heights Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1883: Ada, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Ada, Idaho, United States 1892: Canyon, Idaho, United States
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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