Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Sheneman was born in March 1847, in Ohio, United States, her father, Adam Sheneman Sr, was 40 and her mother, Susanna Baker, was 34. She married Lewis Nelson Riggs on 28 August 1867, in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Concord Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Walpole, Hamilton, Illinois, United States in 1900.
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- Isabell Riggs in household of Lane Riggs, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Isabella Sheneman - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Isabella Sheneman
- Isabel Shinneman in entry for William Riggs and Lola Bell Fisher, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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Americanized form of German Schoenemann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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