Brief Life History of Almeda
When Almeda Starnes was born on 16 March 1867, in Wagener, Aiken, South Carolina, United States, her father, Lorenzo David Starnes, was 25 and her mother, Emmaline Johnson, was 18. She married Robert Lee Collum about 1888. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hopewell Township, Aiken, South Carolina, United States in 1880 and Perry, Aiken, South Carolina, United States in 1900. In 1867, at the age of 0, her occupation is listed as keeping house in Aiken, Aiken, South Carolina, United States. She died on 30 May 1914, in Covington, Alabama, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Gantt, Covington, Alabama, United States.
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- Almedia Collurn in household of R L Collurn, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Almeda Starnes - Government record: birth-name: Almedia Starnes
- Almedia Starnes Collum, "Find A Grave Index"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1871 · KKK Supression
In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
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English: variant of Stearns .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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