When Joshua Abel Arthur was born on 12 December 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Joshua A. Arthur, was 26 and his mother, Charlotte Evans, was 25. He married Sarah Ann Bailey on 11 March 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died on 23 November 1892, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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Scottish, Irish, English, German, and French: from the ancient Celtic personal name Arthur. The origin of the name is disputed, but it may be derived from the Latin name Artorius, or it may derive from an old Celtic word meaning ‘bear’ (compare Gaelic art, Welsh arth, both of which mean ‘bear’). It has been in regular use as a personal name in Britain since the early Middle Ages, owing its popularity in large part to the legendary exploits of King Arthur, which gave rise to a prolific literature in Welsh, French, English, German, and other languages. In many cases this is a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McArthur , the patronymic Mac- often being dropped in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries under English influence.
West African (Ghana): Anglicized form of the Akan (Fante) name Atta .
History: President Chester Alan Arthur (1830–86) was the son of a VT Baptist preacher, William Arthur (1797–1875), who emigrated from Ballymena in northern Ireland c. 1815.
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