Brief Life History of Charles Eli
When Charles Eli Richards was born on 19 May 1871, in Le Grand, Marshall, Iowa, United States, his father, Elisha Richards, was 29 and his mother, Mary Adelia Strong, was 22. He married Ida May Wilson on 3 January 1893, in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Tama, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Tama, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 21 November 1938, in Carlton Township, Tama, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Carlton Township, Tama, Iowa, United States.
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- Charles E Richard in household of Elisha Richard, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Charles E Richards, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Charles E Richards, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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