When Arthur Burley Jillson was born on 3 February 1869, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Alden Jillson, was 29 and his mother, Sally Romelia Parmenter, was 23. He married Emma Beal on 6 April 1889, in Van Buren, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States in 1880 and South Haven Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 10 February 1908, in United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States.
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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.
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
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.
Probably an altered form of English Gilson,a patronymic from Giles .
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