When Elizabeth Hammon was born in April 1856, in Allegany, Maryland, United States, her father, Levi Willard Hammon, was 33 and her mother, Eva Elizabeth Steyer, was 34. She married George H Conrad about 1886. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Polk City, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died in 1943, at the age of 87.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
English (Middlesex and Ken): variant of Hammond .
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