Brief Life History of Edward Linthicum
When Edward Linthicum Dent was born on 5 July 1861, in Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, his father, Josiah Dent, was 43 and his mother, Mary Kate Linthicum, was 28. He married Mary Gantt Taylor on 22 April 1889, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington, United States in 1880. He died on 19 October 1899, in District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Edward L. Dent in household of Mary Linthiarm, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edward Linthicum Dent - birth-name: Edward Liuthicium Dent
- Edward L Dent, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Dent in Yorkshire, possibly from a British hill name cognate with Old Irish dinn, dind ‘hill’.
variant of Dunt, from Middle English dunt, dent ‘blow (of a weapon or implement); combat’ (Old English dynt).
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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