Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Chastain was born on 24 September 1879, in Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States, her father, John Chastain, was 26 and her mother, Mahala A. Howard, was 20. She married John Anthony Whipple on 13 June 1897, in Laclede, Linn, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lancaster, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Junction Election Precinct 2, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 25 February 1943, in Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Rest Lawn Memorial Park, Junction City, Lane, Oregon, United States.
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- Ellen Chasteen in household of John Chasteen, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ellen Chastain - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mary Ellen Chastain
- Mary Ellen Chastain Whipple, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
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
French:
(southern): variant of Chastang .
nickname from Old French chastain ‘chestnut’ (a nut), possibly for someone with chestnut-colored hair. Compare Chasteen , Chesteen , Chastine , and Shasteen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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