Richard Lincoln Chegwidden

Brief Life History of Richard Lincoln

When Richard Lincoln Chegwidden was born on 21 July 1878, in Gold Hill, Storey, Nevada, United States, his father, Richard Chegwidden, was 39 and his mother, Eliza Hoskin, was 35. He lived in Redding, Shasta, California, United States in 1935 and Grass Valley Judicial Township, Nevada, California, United States in 1940. He died on 7 October 1944, in Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Chegwidden
1839–1894
Eliza Hoskin
1843–1906
Mary Jane Chegwidden
1861–1949
John Chegwidden
1862–1946
Annie Marie Chegwidden
1864–1939
Ida Hoskin Chegwidden
1875–1950
Richard Lincoln Chegwidden
1878–1944
Albert Garfield Chegwidden
1881–1946
Frederick Chegwidden
1884–1971

Sources (9)

  • Richard Chegwidden, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Richard Lincoln Chegwidden, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Richard L. Chegwidden, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Cornish: from chy ‘house’ + gwydn ‘white’, or from any of several places in Cornwall so named.

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

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