Anthony Lee Gaslin

Brief Life History of Anthony Lee

When Anthony Lee Gaslin was born on 26 October 1867, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Wood Gaslin, was 37 and his mother, Mary Ellen Chambers, was 33. He married Ava Marie Atherton on 6 March 1892, in Jellico, Campbell, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nelsonville, Nelson, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 3, Nelson, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 February 1942, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Nelson, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anthony Lee Gaslin
1867–1942
Ava Marie Atherton
1871–1936
Marriage: 6 March 1892
Nettie Blanche Gaslin
1892–1892
Earl Guynn Gaslin Sr.
1894–1967
Ethel Kathleen Gaslin
1896–1897
Von Atherton Gaslin
1897–1897
Ruby Jennie Gaslin
1899–1968
Fern Atherton Gaslin
1902–1968
Mildred Lee Gaslin
1904–1987
Joseph Walter Gaslin
1906–1974
Maurice Ruth Gaslin
1908–1983
William Fred Gaslin
1909–1910

Sources (27)

  • Lee Gaslin in household of Albert M Gaslin, "United States Census, 1900"
  • A L Goslin, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Anthony Lee Gaslin, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"

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Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment

As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.

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

English (Essex): variant of Joslin .

French: variant of Gosselin and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

South German (Göslin): from a pet form of any of several personal names formed with Gos-, for example Gossbert (see Goss ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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