Brief Life History of Mae
When Mae Rutledge was born on 24 December 1864, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Rutledge, was 35 and her mother, Delilah Fread, was 33. She married Aaron Harwood Cowles on 10 May 1894, in Jefferson, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and Washington Election Precinct, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 26 August 1941, in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bower Cemetery, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (12)
- May Cowles, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Rutledge - Government record: birth-name: Mary Rutledge
- May Rutledge, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1869
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Jefferson, Nebraska, United States
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: most probably a habitational name from Routledge Burn (Cumberland), whose name may mean ‘loud stream’, although it is possible that the stream takes its name from the surname, in which case the surname is probably from a lost or unidentified place. Routledge , the more common form in the British Isles, is found mainly on the English-Scottish borders.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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