Brief Life History of Benjamin Stillman
When Benjamin Stillman Horr was born on 7 August 1872, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Riley James Horr, was 39 and his mother, Lydia Louisa Ives, was 38. He married Alma Melissa Wright in 1893, in Redwood Valley, Mendocino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 18 December 1948, in Mendocino, California, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Benjamin Horr, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin Stillman Horr - Published information: birth-name: Benjamin Stillwell Horr
- Ben S Horr, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
A fire erupted on January 10, 1883, at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee. The fire began at 4:00 am in an elevator shaft and raced up through the building. The fire spread so quickly that many could not escape. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb, stars of P.T. Barnum's circus, were guests in the hotel at the time of the fire. A firefighter reached them by ladder and they were able to escape safely. The exact number of deaths remains unknown as the hotel register was destroyed in the fire, however, the death toll is estimated between 75-90.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
German (Hörr): possibly a derivative of Middle High German hor ‘dirt’ (see Hoerr ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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