When Eliza May Bottoms was born on 17 November 1848, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, John James Bottoms, was 32 and her mother, Althea Ogle, was 23. She married Parley Whittaker Heap in 1863, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1860. She died on 16 November 1884, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and became the 31st state.
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad started running in February 1851, 15 years after it was charted for construction. It later absorbed a small bankrupt railroad in 1861 to help expand its services beyond just Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. In May 1868, the railroad merged with the Bellefontaine Railway to connect the current cities with Indianapolis.
The Perry Monument was erected at the center of Public Square to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Lake Erie by Oliver Hazard Perry. It was Ohio's first monumental sculpture. It has since been moved to Fort Huntington Park.
English (Bedfordshire): variant of Bottom , with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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