George Herbert Stevens was born on 5 March 1864, in New Hampshire, United States as the son of George Stevens. He married Elizabeth Barnett Paddock on 5 July 1892, in Lucas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Mahoning, Ohio, United States in 1920. He died on 7 July 1943, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
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