Brief Life History of Israel
When Israel Maggard was born on 1 March 1863, in Leslie, Kentucky, United States, his father, Moses Gilbert Maggard, was 24 and his mother, Rutha Miniard, was 29. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Sarah "Sallie" Lewis. He lived in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States in 1920. He died on 22 July 1946, in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Clements Cemetery, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States.
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- Isreal Maggard, "United States Census, 1920"
- Israel Maggard, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Ezra Maggard in entry for Samuel Maggard and Mar Lewis, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
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: from the Old French personal name Magard, ancient Germanic Maghard, from elements meaning ‘power’ + ‘hard, strong’. Maggard is on record as a surname in medieval Suffolk but is now rare or absent in Britain. See also Madgett and Matchett .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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