Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Canfield Sr. was born on 21 March 1859, in Westport, Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States, his father, Bennett Canfield, was 55 and his mother, Christiana Boicourt, was 40. He married Agnes Alston on 4 February 1885, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cornwall, Latah, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Touchet, Hill Election Precinct, Walla Walla, Washington, United States in 1910. He died on 21 March 1926, in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States.
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- John W Canfield in household of Christina Canfield, "United States Census, 1870"
- John W. Canfield, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- John Wesley Canfield, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
Historical Boundaries 1871: Nez Perce, Idaho Territory, United States 1888: Latah, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Latah, Idaho, United States
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:
habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana (see Cane 2) + feld ‘open country’.
in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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