Verdia E. Runyan was born on 31 July 1865, in Iowa, United States as the son of Mr. Runyan and Mrs. Runyan. He married Minnie Scott on 24 October 1890, in Bourbon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Drywood Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Campbell Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1900. In 1900, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as mail carrier in Campbell Township, Greene, Missouri, United States. He died on 24 June 1906, in Buncombe Hollow Cemetery, Etna, Clark, Washington, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Etna, Clark, Washington, United States.
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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.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
Possibly also Irish: variant of Runyon 2. This surname is virtually non-existing in Ireland and Britain.
Variant of Runyon 1, a surname of French origin.
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