When Nelson Verlandingham Heddleston was born on 10 May 1863, in New Matamoras, Washington, Ohio, United States, his father, Finley Mariam Heddleston, was 37 and his mother, Mary Jane McCullough, was 32. He married Nancy Ellen Portlock on 20 December 1890, in Guthrie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in La Mesa, Doña Ana, New Mexico, United States in 1930 and McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States in 1950. He died on 14 June 1952, in Fort Towson, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Fort Towson Cemetery, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
Historical Boundaries: 1889: Otero, Colorado, United States
English: habitational name from Huddleston (Yorkshire), from an Old English personal name Hūdel (genitive Hūdeles; see Huddle ) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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