Brief Life History of Guy Douglas
When Guy Douglas Ripley was born in July 1869, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Samuel Allen Ripley, was 33 and his mother, Penina Eliza Barger, was 29. He married Josephine G. Betts on 20 October 1892, in Douglas, Otoe, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in San Francisco, San Francisco, Antioquia, Colombia in 1910 and Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1920. He died in April 1933, in California, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Guy D Ripley, "United States Census, 1920"
- Guy Douglas Ripley, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Guy D Ripley, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
1872 · The Modoc War
Hostilities between Modoc Indians and white settlers resulted in the Modoc War during 1872-1873. A Modoc band of nearly 200 people, led by Captain Jack Kintpuash, was fleeing a forced relocation to a reservation occupied by their enemies, the Klamaths. The band had returned to their former land on Lost River, which now had white settlers occupying the area. The conflict erupted on November 29, 1872, when 40 troops were sent to move the Modocs back to the reservation. An argument erupted and shots were fired. Several were killed and the Modocs fled to “The Stronghold,” a large, cavernous lava bed. The holdout went on for months with several clashes. On April 11, 1873, General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were killed by the Modocs during a negotiation. The Modocs lacked resources and supplies and eventually surrendered on July 4. In total, 2 Modocs and 71 enlisted military men lost their lives.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ripley (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Yorkshire). The Hampshire and Surrey placenames derive from Old English ripel, rippel ‘strip of land’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah. The Derbyshire placename may derive from Old English ripel, rippel or the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah.
History: William Ripley (died 1656) came from Wymondham, Norfolk, England, to Hingham, MA, in 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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