Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Mahaffey was born on 24 April 1865, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William Calvin Mahaffey, was 38 and her mother, Joanna Alford, was 42. She had at least 1 son with William Tecumseh Short. She lived in Floyd, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Nora, Dickenson, Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 6 January 1912, in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 46.
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- Mazey Short in household of William T Short, "United States Census, 1900"
- Margaret E. Short, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
- Margaret E Short, "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999"
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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.
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Irish: variant of McHaffie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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