When James Nelson Greenlief was born on 15 November 1878, in Gilmer, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States, his father, Franklin Greenlief, was 37 and his mother, Martha Ella Marks, was 18. He married Mary Jane Nutt on 7 January 1898. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Center District, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Otter District, Braxton, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died before 1920, in West Virginia, United States.
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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.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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