Brief Life History of Martha Alice
When Martha Alice Worsham was born on 20 July 1856, in Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States, her father, Sgt Mjr. Henry Edward Worsham, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Garrett, was 23. She married Theodore Pierce Ballard on 15 August 1877, in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Rushville Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Pleasant View, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 14 July 1940, in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Martha Worsham in household of Henry E Worsham, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha A. Loring, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Martha A Ballard, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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 either of two places called Worsham, in Oxfordshire and Sussex. The first is named from the Old English personal name Wulfmǣr + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’; the second is from an unattested Old English personal name Wyrtel + hā.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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