When Carrie Anna Croxford was born on 12 October 1860, in Newburgh, Penobscot, Maine, United States, her father, Benjamin Foster Croxford, was 42 and her mother, Susan Elizabeth Whitney, was 39. She lived in Dixmont, Penobscot, Maine, United States for about 10 years and Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1930. She died on 21 February 1936, in Maine, United States, at the age of 75.
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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: perhaps a variant of Crockford .
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