Brief Life History of Emma G.
When Emma G. Bennett was born on 21 November 1856, in Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States, her father, Ralph Bennett, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Hamilton, was 37. She married Edmund Jackson on 21 March 1877, in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Lawndale Township, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died in January 1952, at the age of 95, and was buried in Fulton, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.
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- Emma Bennett, "United States Census, 1860"
- Emma Benette or Bennett, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Emma Geraldine Bennett Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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