When Abbie Belle Hawes was born on 3 August 1854, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Emery Cutler Hawes, was 33 and her mother, Mary Ann Dow, was 25. She married William Ebenezer Alvord on 25 December 1876, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. She died on 28 September 1898, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Springfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
English (southern):
of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman French and Middle English Haueis, Hawis, from an Old French form of the ancient Germanic female personal name Hadewidis (from had- ‘war’ + wid- with a range of possible original meanings).
variant of Haw , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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