Brief Life History of Adelia M.
When Adelia M. McCready was born on 16 July 1859, in Taylor, Iowa, United States, her father, William Alex McCready, was 53 and her mother, Catharine Walker, was 46. She married David Jerell Brooks on 6 September 1874, in Craig, Holt, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Marble Hill, Bollinger, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Union Township, Holt, Missouri, United States for about 50 years. She died on 22 September 1953, in Craig, Holt, Missouri, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, St. Francois, Missouri, United States.
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- Ardella McCrady in household of Catharine McCrady, "United States Census, 1870"
- A. M. Mc Cready, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Adelia McCready Brooks, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riada ‘son of Riada’, an old personal name meaning ‘traveler, rider’. The surname was found in Galloway, Scotland, in 1684, but it seems likely (with the variant McGready) to have originated in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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