When James Abell was born on 10 March 1857, in Sangamon, Macon, Illinois, United States, his father, James Abell, was 36 and his mother, Susan Ann Pierce, was 34. He lived in Neosho, Kansas, United States in 1875 and Crawford Township, Crawford, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 2 March 1935, in Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Crawford, Kansas, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
English and Norwegian: variant of Abel .
Altered form of German Abel .
History: Robert Abell settled in Rehoboth, MA, c. 1630.
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