Brief Life History of John Seward
When John Seward Grimes was born on 29 January 1881, in Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States, his father, Oscar Ferdinand Grimes, was 33 and his mother, Emmasett E Ring, was 36. He married Mary B. Mellon on 3 July 1906, in Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Pemiscot, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Walnut, Walnut Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 December 1942, in Millersport, Walnut Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Millersport, Walnut Township, Fairfield, Ohio, United States.
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- John S Grimes, "United States Census, 1910"
- Jack S Grimes, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- John Seward Grimes, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Grim , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted occasionally in Ireland for Gormley and even Houlihan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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