Brief Life History of Josephine
When Josephine Hayes was born on 3 January 1867, in Tinney Grove, Ray, Missouri, United States, her father, Mordecai Oliver Hays I, was 22 and her mother, Martha Susan Cook, was 20. She lived in Davis Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 November 1886, in Ray, Missouri, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Tinney Grove, Ray, Missouri, United States.
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- Josephine Hays in household of Mordecai Hays, "United States Census, 1870"
- Josephine Hays, "Find A Grave Index"
- Josephine Hays in household of Mordecai Hays, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
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.
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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