When Ruth Alexania “Zenia” Davis was born on 15 July 1867, in Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States, her father, John Wesley Davis, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Ruth Good, was 20. She married Ralph C Porter on 26 January 1886, in Ness City, Ness, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in River Bend, Elbert, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 5 River Bend, Elbert, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 23 November 1956, in Pueblo, Colorado, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States.
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Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Elbert, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Elbert, Colorado, United States
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.
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .
History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
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