Brief Life History of John S
When John S Stevens was born in January 1865, in Madison, Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, Sanford Bois Stevens, was 35 and his mother, Mary Spalding, was 38. He married Emily B Hall about 1897, in Madison, Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and East Madison, Madison, Somerset, Maine, United States in 1898.
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- John Stevens, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: John S Stevens - Government record: Census record: birth-name: John S Stevens
- John S Stevens, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
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 (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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