When Emma Hester Howd was born on 4 July 1867, in Burnside, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Smith Howd, was 39 and her mother, Catharine L Yetter, was 23. She married Albert Housman on 26 October 1887, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Pilot Grove Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Canton Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 8 April 1910, in Burnside, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in McKay Cemetery, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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.
Americanized form of Norwegian Hovd, a habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named (see Hovda ).
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