Brief Life History of Marlin Jess
When Marlin Jess Howdeshell was born on 30 December 1912, in Hamburg, Calhoun, Illinois, United States, his father, Jesse Alfred Howdeshell, was 29 and his mother, Della Lilly Foiles, was 34. He married Blanche Adeline Guthrie on 3 October 1931, in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States. He lived in Belleview, Calhoun, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. He died on 5 March 1980, in Calhoun, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Crescent Heights Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Township, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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- Marlin Howdeshell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Marlin Jesse Howdeshell, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- M Howdeshell, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois
Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Haudenschild (see Hauschild ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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