Brief Life History of Arvilla Belle
When Arvilla Belle Largent was born in 1870, in Tazewell, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel Webster Largent, was 22 and her mother, Mary Ann Eleatha Grimes, was 15. She married William Edward Spitler on 17 September 1891, in Grant Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States. She lived in Grant Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Adair, Adair, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1944, at the age of 74, and was buried in Sunny Hill Cemetery, Adair, Iowa, United States.
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- Arvila B Largent, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Arvilla Largent, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Arvilla Belle Spitler, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Adair, Iowa, United States [Spreads into Adair and Guthrie counties]
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk, of Norman origin): nickname for someone with silvery hair, a variant of Argent , with fused French definite article l(e).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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