When George Franklin Wood was born on 24 August 1879, in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States, his father, Frederick O. Wood, was 22 and his mother, Juliette "Julia" "Etta" Batterson, was 15. He married Alma Johana Augusta Miller on 4 June 1902, in Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 18 July 1932, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, 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.
Historical Information: 1883: Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Deer Lodge, Montana, United States
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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