Brief Life History of Amos
When Amos Fancher was born on 13 September 1856, in Adams Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, his father, William Nitzer Fancher, was 64 and his mother, Rebecca Ellen Moore, was 37. He married Dora Stoops on 7 October 1884, in Audubon, Audubon, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 daughters. He lived in Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Audubon Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1915. He died on 10 December 1919, in Leroy Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Audubon Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States.
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- Amus Fancher, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Amos Fancher - Individual or family possessions: birth: 13 September 1856; Keokuk, Iowa, United States
- Amos Fancher, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Fanshaw, which is perhaps a habitational name from Fanshaw Gate in Holmesfield (Derbyshire), which is recorded as le Faunchallegatehede in 1456 and Fawnchallegate in 1472. However, this place may take its name from a surname such as Faunchall or Fanshaw, and not the other way about.
In some cases possibly also an altered form of French Fanger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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