Brief Life History of John B
When John B Wermuth was born on 21 March 1864, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Ulrich Wermuth, was 36 and his mother, Mary Lohr, was 30. He married Anna B Schmidt on 11 January 1886, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 June 1961, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 97.
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- John B Wermuth, "United States Census, 1940"
- John B Wermuth, "United States Census, 1930"
- John B Wermuth, "United States Census, 1920"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
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
German:
metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered or dealt in herbs, from Middle High German wërmuot ‘wormwood’.
perhaps also from the ancient Germanic personal name Warmut, composed of any of three verb forms meaning ‘to defend, protect, or warn’ + muot ‘intent, spirit’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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