When Anna Hummell was born on 4 March 1859, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, her father, John H Hummell, was 28 and her mother, Mary Edward Stockton, was 23. She married Charles Henry Shaw on 15 April 1878, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Kent Election Precinct 1, King, Washington, United States in 1900. She died on 1 January 1918, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, 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.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Americanized form German and Dutch Hummel . The surname Hummell is also found in Germany, where it is very rare.
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