Brief Life History of Manuel Oren
When Manuel Oren Edwards was born on 23 November 1876, in Umatilla, Oregon, United States, his father, Samuel Edwards, was 47 and his mother, Erepta Abigail Savage, was 35. He married Mary Ellen Knight on 1 August 1898, in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Linn, Oregon, United States in 1935 and West Moreland Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 28 August 1947, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.
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- Manville Edwards, "United States Census, 1880"
- M O Edwards, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
- M O Edwards, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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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 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
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 and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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