When James Henry Parsley was born on 1 September 1854, in Brown, Indiana, United States, his father, Daniel J. Parsley, was 41 and his mother, Eliza Jane Brenton, was 37. He had at least 1 daughter with Elizabeth Ann Miles. He lived in Washington Township, Brown, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Johnson Township, Brown, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 2 September 1909, in Brown, Indiana, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Duncan Cemetery, Spearsville, Hamblen Township, Brown, Indiana, United States.
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The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English: variant of Pashley .
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