James Arthur Mohn

Brief Life History of James Arthur

When James Arthur Mohn was born on 10 May 1875, in Logan, Illinois, United States, his father, Christopher Columbus Mohn, was 28 and his mother, Mary Matilda Munyon, was 24. He married Etta May Campbell on 2 December 1897, in Logan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Broadwell, Logan, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Chatham Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 7 June 1969, in Chatham, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Chatham, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Arthur Mohn
1875–1969
Rachel Luella Jaggers
1899–1984
Marriage: about 1918
Louis LeRoy Mohn
1918–2007
Earnest C. Mohn
1920–1927
Bettie Irene Mohn
1923–2007
Gladys I Mohn
1925–2015
Mohn
1927–1927
Mohn
1931–1931
Donald Eugene Mohn
1932–1932
James Mohn
1935–
Mary Louise Mohn
1937–1988

Sources (29)

  • James A Mohn, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James Mohn, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Arthur, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1877 · The First Workers Strike

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

German:

metonymic occupational name for a grower of poppies, from Middle High German mān ‘poppy’.

from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Monrad, composed of the elements mun ‘spirit, thought’ + rāt ‘counsel’.

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

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