Brief Life History of Francis Marion
When Francis Marion Keith was born on 3 April 1876, in Grundy, Missouri, United States, his father, Richard Ferrell Keith, was 25 and his mother, Charlotte Ardelvia Shifflet, was 23. He married Viola Anderson on 25 February 1899, in Grundy, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Fremont, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States in 1930. He died on 11 July 1934, in Colorado, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States.
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- Frank M Keith, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Francis M Keith - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Francis M Keith
- Francis M Keith, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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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.
1881 · Denver becomes State Capitol
On Nov 8 1881, Denver becomes the state capitol, due to an economic boom the city experienced in the 1880s.
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
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Keith in East Lothian. The placename is derived from British Celtic cait- ‘wood’. In the 17th century numerous bearers of this name settled in Ulster.
German: nickname from Middle High German kīt ‘sprout, offspring’.
History: George Keith (c. 1638–1716), born at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, came to NJ in or before 1685. In 1689 he settled in Philadelphia, where he became headmaster of the school now called the William Penn Charter School. He came into sharp collision with the Quaker leaders in PA and formed a separatist party known as the Christian Quakers, popularly known as ‘Keithians’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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