When William Arthur Fender was born on 14 October 1878, in Whitehead, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Allen Fender, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Jane Wagoner, was 19. He married Myrtle Doughton on 10 January 1900, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Arlington, Virginia, United States for about 8 years. He died on 26 September 1958, in Staunton, Virginia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fairfax Parish, Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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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.
June 7, 1887, Tolbert Lanston patented his Monotype machine. It typed individual characters instead of lines like the Linotype machine.
Mount Rainier was established as a state park on March 2, 1899 with legislation was signed by President McKinley. Mount Rainier is a volcanic peak surrounded by forests.
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English or Scots fender, fendour ‘defender, protector’.
South German: from Alemannic Venner ‘flag bearer, ensign’ or Fähndrich, which has the same meaning (see Fenrich ).
South German: variant of Fendler .
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