John Bobbitt

Male1870–

Brief Life History of John

When John Bobbitt was born in 1870, in Southeast Township, Orange, Indiana, United States, his father, Harrison Bobbitt, was 60 and his mother, Margaret Peggy Condra, was 43.

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Family Time Line

Harrison Bobbitt
1810–1876
Margaret Peggy Condra
1827–1897
Amos Bobbitt
1864–1934
Mary Bobbitt
1868–1895
John Bobbitt
1870–

Sources (4)

  • John Bobbitt in household of Harrison Bobbitt, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Bobbitt in household of Margaret Bobbitt, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John Bobbitt in the 1880 United States Federal Census

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 0

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

Age 0

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

Age 31

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

English (Suffolk and Somerset): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Bobbet, which could be a diminutive of Bobbe (see Bubb ) or a rhyming form of the Middle English personal name Robet, a diminutive of Robert . However, Bob is not attested as a pet form of Robert before the 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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