Brief Life History of Florida Louisiana
When Florida Louisiana Robey was born on 14 March 1849, in Marion, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Purcell Robey, was 29 and her mother, Rosanna Hough, was 27. She married Leslie Coombs Boggess on 22 November 1877, in Marion, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Virginia, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1870 and Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 October 1912, in Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Boggess Cemetery, Harrison, Virginia, United States.
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- Florida L Ritz, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Florida Louisiana Robey - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Florida Louisiana Robey
- Florida L Robey, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
"In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for ""medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes"". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated ""purchaser"", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level."
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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English: variant of Roby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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