Brief Life History of John Siegel
When John Siegel Foiles was born on 18 February 1862, in Mozier, Calhoun, Illinois, United States, his father, Benjamin Foiles, was 42 and his mother, Lethe Jane Knight, was 23. He married Josephine Freesmeyer on 5 April 1891, in Calhoun, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Kampsville, Calhoun, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Hamburg, Calhoun, Illinois, United States in 1920. He died on 11 November 1939, in Calhoun, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Summit Grove Cemetery, Kampsville, Calhoun, Illinois, United States.
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- Sigil Foiles in household of Benjamin Foiles, "United States Census, 1870"
- Siegel Failes, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Siegel Foiles, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1880
Historical Boundaries: 1880: Calhoun, Illinois, United States
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Name Meaning
Probably English or Scottish, a topographic name for someone livingby two or more pits (see Foyle ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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