When Fannie Amelia Hinshaw was born on 21 September 1871, in Anchor Township, McLean, Illinois, United States, her father, John Hinshaw, was 43 and her mother, Sarah Ann Drake, was 33. She married Andrew Lucas Terpening on 14 February 1894, in McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Potomac, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, United States in 1930. She died on 8 February 1955, in Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Thomas Shapard Bullock BIRTH 11 Aug 1841 DEATH 8 Oct 1876 (aged 35) BURIAL Woodbine Cemetery Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA MEMORIAL ID 42798901 · View Source
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
Scottish (Lanarkshire): variant of Henshaw .
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