Brief Life History of Mary Maud
When Mary Maud Sneeden was born in February 1876, in Detroit, Pike, Illinois, United States, her father, Lewis Henry Sneeden, was 30 and her mother, Susan Maria Shuler, was 22. She married Martin Dennis Conroy on 27 April 1893, in Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1962, at the age of 86, and was buried in Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield Township, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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- Maude M Conroy in household of Dennis M Conroy, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Maude Sneeden - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Maude Sneeden
- Maud Sneeden, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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Scottish: variant of Sneddon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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