Brief Life History of Edward James
When Edward James Earley was born on 13 August 1880, in Cardington, Morrow, Ohio, United States, his father, John William Earley, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ann Thornton, was 31. He married Hattie Elizabeth Nye on 18 June 1912, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1899. He died on 13 June 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Edward J. Earley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Edward James Earley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Edward J Earley in entry for Hattie Elizabeth Nye, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Leitrim and Tyrone): variant of Early .
Americanized form of German Ehrle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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