Brief Life History of Lavant Lewis
When Lavant Lewis Blodgett was born on 14 May 1874, in Devoe, Faulk, South Dakota, United States, his father, Marshall H Blodgett, was 31 and his mother, Nancy C Horning, was 24. He had at least 4 sons and 5 daughters with Elsie Lillian Horning. He lived in Richland, Montana, United States in 1935 and School District 21, Richland, Montana, United States in 1940. He died on 25 January 1948, in Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cresbard, Faulk, South Dakota, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Lavant L Blodgett in household of Howard L Blodgett, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lavant Lewis Blodgett - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Lavant Lewis Blodgett
- Lavant Lewis Blodgett, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1879
Historical Boundaries: 1879: Burchard, Dakota Territory, United States 1879: Beadle, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Beadle, South Dakota, United States
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
English: unexplained. This surname is no longer found in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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