Brief Life History of Charles Franklin
When Charles Franklin Stiff was born on 7 July 1874, in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Thomas Stiff, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth McKinley Griffin, was 29. He married Pearl Ophelia Reed on 4 January 1899, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in North Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and District 1161, Walker, Georgia, United States in 1930. He died on 4 March 1935, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.
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- Charles F Steff, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles Franklin Stiff - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Charles Franklin Stiff
- Charles Stiff, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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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.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): nickname from Middle English stif ‘rigid, inflexible; resolute, steadfast’ (Old English stif), used either for someone who had difficulty in bending, or for someone who was resolute or steadfast.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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