Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Jacks was born in October 1859, in Ohio, United States, her father, David Jacob Jack, was 31 and her mother, Mary Jane Walmsley, was 26. She married Lafayette Frost on 4 May 1880, in Putnam, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Franklin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Mifflin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States for about 13 years. She died on 13 March 1943, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.
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- Emma Jack in household of David Jack, "United States Census, 1870"
- Emma Jack, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Emma Frost, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
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 (Shropshire and Midlands): variant of Jack , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The name was sometimes misleadingly "Frenchified" in the 16th and 17th centuries to Jacques , as though from the French name, equivalent to English James .
North German: patronymic from Jack 4. Compare Yax .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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