Brief Life History of Clem Pierce
When Clem Pierce Abercrombie was born on 19 January 1871, in Springtown, Benton, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Marion Abercrombie, was 23 and his mother, Mary Molly Buckner, was 24. He married Dora Ellen Huls on 23 November 1890, in Benton, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Flint, Benton, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 7 July 1932, in Aberdeen, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Aberdeen Cemetery, Aberdeen, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- C P Abercrombie, "United States Census, 1930"
- C P Abercrombie, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Clem P. Abercrombie, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Fife named Abercrombie (earlier Abercrumbin), which is of Pictish origin, meaning ‘mouth of the Cromb or Crombie (bending river)’.
History: Bearers of this surname were descended from royal cooks of the kings of Scots and were originally known as Cook of Abercrombie; their collateral branch were known as the Cooks of Balcaskie.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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