Brief Life History of James Morgan
When James Morgan Jewell was born on 3 August 1864, in Buford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Washington Jewell, was 24 and his mother, Melissa Ellen Anderson, was 19. He married Rebecca Dodson on 30 January 1883, in Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 5 Vanover, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 26 August 1911, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Barrett's Creek Cemetery, Hitchins, Carter, Kentucky, United States.
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- James M Jewel in household of George M Jewel, "United States Census, 1870"
- James M Jewell, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- James Morgan Jewell, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Cornwall): from an Old Breton personal name, Iudhael, composed of elements meaning ‘lord’ + ‘generous, bountiful’ (see Jewkes ), which was borne by a 7th-century Christian saint, a king of Brittany who abdicated and spent the last part of his life in a monastery. Forms of this name are found in medieval records not only in Devon and Cornwall, where they are of native origin, but also in East Anglia and even Yorkshire, where they were imported by Bretons after the Norman Conquest. The name was seemingly reintroduced from France in the 17th century by Huguenots.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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