When Martha May Hendershot was born on 31 March 1869, in Illinois, United States, her father, Hiram Sherman Hendershot, was 36 and her mother, Samantha H. Wynn, was 34. She married John David Myers on 29 September 1887. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Little River, Rice, Kansas, United States in 1900 and South Sharps Creek Township, McPherson, Kansas, United States for about 30 years.
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Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Americanized form of German Hinneschiedt, a habitational name from a place named Hünscheid in the Middle Rhine area. The surname Hinneschiedt is very rare in Germany.
History: Bearers of this surname are descended from Michael Henneschied or Hinneschied (1674–1749), who came to NY aboard the Lyon, from Munich, Germany, and settled in New Germantown (now Oldwick), NJ.
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