When Mary O'Bell was born on 6 February 1858, in Green Castle, Sullivan, Missouri, United States, her father, Nicholas Tanner O'Bell, was 33 and her mother, Susanna Philippine Schulmeyer, was 26. She married Rufus Allen Hall about 1893, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Penn Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Morrow Township, Adair, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 March 1938, in Green Castle, Sullivan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Green Castle, Sullivan, Missouri, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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 and Norwegian: variant of Abel .
Altered form of German Abel .
History: Robert Abell settled in Rehoboth, MA, c. 1630.
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