Brief Life History of Artemissa Martha Jane
When Artemissa Martha Jane Lutman was born on 21 January 1858, in Calhoun, Richland, Illinois, United States, her father, Jacob Franklin Lutman, was 33 and her mother, Harriet Elizabeth Smith, was 22. She married Fritz William Beckemeyer on 25 April 1872, in Lawrenceton, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Jackson Township, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 17 August 1917, in Bloomsdale, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Lawrenceton, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States.
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- Jane Beckenmeyer in household of William Beckenmeyer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910
- Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Luttman .
Americanized form of North German Lüttmann or Luttmann: see Luttman .
Slovenian: from the old personal name Lutman of ancient Germanic origin, based on the element liut ‘people, tribe’. Compare Luttman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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