When James Warren Corp Jr was born in March 1853, in Stow, Summit, Ohio, United States, his father, James Corp Sr, was 34 and his mother, Nancy Galloway, was 28. He married Mary Lucretia Trowbridge on 8 September 1873, in Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Stow Township, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Fairfield Township, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 November 1916, in Brady Township, Saginaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Bannister, Elba Township, Gratiot, Michigan, United States.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
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 (mainly Somerset): in the southwest from Old French corp ‘raven’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with glossy dark hair. In northern and eastern (Scandinavian-influenced) counties the name may alternatively be derived from the cognate Old Norse korpr.
French: nickname from Old French corp ‘raven’ (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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