When Mary Eleanor Beckstead was born on 22 June 1866, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, George Wesley Beckstead, was 31 and her mother, Ellen Davies, was 28. She married Edward Thomas Harding on 23 January 1887, in Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 January 1944, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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.
Americanized form of North German Beckstedde or Beckstedt: topographic name from Low German Beck ‘stream’ + -stedde ‘place’, or a habitational name from Beckstedt near Wildeshausen, Oldenburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
At the marriage of Mary Eleanor Beckstead (1866–1944 • 2778-NT1) to James Walter Wadsworth Fitzgerald (1857–1936 • KWCW-36R), she revealed that it was her *THIRD* marriage (see “Application for Licens …
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