Brief Life History of Luella C.
When Luella C. Sanford was born on 2 June 1876, in Fairfield, Fairfield Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, her father, James Madison Sanford, was 29 and her mother, Caroline C Wilson, was 23. She married Harvey Constantine Rathbun on 27 January 1897, in Weston, Fairfield Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Royalton Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Detroit Ward 1, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 3 April 1949, in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, Fulton, Ohio, United States.
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- Luela C Rathbun in household of Cassius E Rathbun, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sanford, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Luella C. Sanford, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
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World Events (8)
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.
1881 · Center of Stove Manufacturing
"During the late 19th century, cast-iron stove manufacturing became Detroit's top industry and later the city received the nickname, ""Stove Capital of the World."""
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.
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English (Devon): variant of Sandford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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