Solomon H Imes

Brief Life History of Solomon H

When Solomon H Imes was born on 7 April 1846, in Pine Grove, Elizabeth Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States, his father, Hiram H Imes, was 23 and his mother, Mary Cecil, was 18. He married Nancy Sharp on 28 December 1868, in Lawrence, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 September 1885, in Vesuvius, Elizabeth Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Ironton, Upper Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Solomon H Imes
1846–1885
Emily Mahala Hornbuckle
1850–1944
Marriage: 7 May 1879
Myrtle Mathilda Iames
1880–1961
Oscar Dean Imes
1881–1967
Jesse Clinton Imes
1883–1975
Wiliam Lee Imes
1885–1926
Alva Albert Imes
1886–1917

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  • Solomon H Imes, "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
  • Soloman H. Imes, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Sal. H. Imes, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

World Events (6)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

Altered form of English Iams .

English: unexplained. This surname is virtually non-existing in Britain.

Probably also an Americanized form of North German Eims: patronymic from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Agimo, formed with agi ‘point, edge (of a sword)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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