Brief Life History of Willis Jackson
When Willis Jackson Eberly was born on 22 April 1869, in Steuben, Indiana, United States, his father, David Eberly, was 36 and his mother, Margaret D Jackson, was 26. He married Orpha Annetta Dennison on 20 October 1896, in DeKalb, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Grant Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Waterloo, Grant Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States in 1920. He died on 15 November 1925, in Steuben, Indiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Waterloo Cemetery, Waterloo, Grant Township, DeKalb, Indiana, United States.
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- Willis Eberly, "United States Census, 1900"
- Willie J Eberley, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Willis Jackson Eberly, "Find A Grave Index"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Eberli or of its mainly German cognate Eberle .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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