Brief Life History of Mitchel Franklin
When Mitchel Franklin Petree was born on 19 December 1863, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Cicero Petree, was 26 and his mother, Anna Elliot Smith, was 25. He married Laura Ellen Morgan on 18 December 1904, in Coryell, Texas, United States. He lived in McLennan, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 13 February 1956, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 92, and was buried in Osage Cemetery, Osage, Coryell, Texas, United States.
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- Frank M Petree, "United States Census, 1930"
- Franklin Mitchell Petree, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mitchel Franklin Petree - Cemetery record or headstone: aka-name: Frank Mitchell Petree
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
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
Scottish: variant of Petrie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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