When Benjamin Franklin Luce was born on 24 December 1850, in Smelser, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Silas Perry Luce, was 36 and his mother, Nancy Ann Wayne, was 31. He married Nancy J. Brandon on 25 February 1880, in Grant, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States in 1900 and White Lake, Aurora, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 April 1923, in White Lake, Langlade, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 72.
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Historical Boundaries: 1858: Brown, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1861: Dakota Territory, United States 1862: Yankton, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Yankton, South Dakota, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English:
from the Old French and Middle English female personal name Luce, Lucy, from Latin Lucia .
habitational name from Lucé (Orne), transported to England by the Normans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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