When Lucie Alvi Edwards was born on 1 August 1840, in Wisconsin, United States, her father, Harvey Edwards, was 28 and her mother, Dorcas L Leonard, was 23. She married Peter Delos Comstock on 17 December 1860, in Troy, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Mission Township, Brown, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1915. She died on 16 December 1915, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States.
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On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Kansas is the 34th state
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
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