When John Meredith was born on 11 October 1898, in Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, United States, his father, Franklin Meredith, was 34 and his mother, Emma Baker, was 31. He married Mabel Scott on 8 September 1920, in Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Genesee Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States for about 5 years and Vienna Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1980. He died on 29 July 1980, in Flint River, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Flint River, Genesee, Michigan, United States.
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This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Welsh: from the personal name Meredydd (Old Welsh Morgetiud, Middle Welsh Maredudd, from a possible British Celtic ethnic name of the type Morgetes + iǖth ‘lord’). Compare Beddow .
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