When Charles Edwin Whited was born on 24 March 1860, in Huguenot, Deerpark, Orange, New York, United States, his father, Benjamin Whited, was 36 and his mother, Jane Carr, was 26. He married Mary Jane Clark on 20 December 1883, in Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Marshall Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1920. He died on 3 June 1931, in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Albion Cemetery, Albion, Marshall, Iowa, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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.
Shortened form of English Whitehead .
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