When Anna Jewel Heavner was born on 29 October 1900, in Lebanon Township, Laclede, Missouri, United States, her father, William Franklin Heavner Sr, was 36 and her mother, Mary Ann Whitworth, was 30. She died on 8 August 1904, in her hometown, at the age of 3, and was buried in Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States.
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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.
After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Americanized form of German Hefner or Häfner (see Hafner ). This surname is found predominantly in NC. Compare Heavener .
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