Brief Life History of Edward Riley
When Edward Riley Louden was born on 20 November 1872, in Grafton, Taylor, West Virginia, United States, his father, William Riley Louden, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Missouri Glenn, was 22. He married Mary Maude Peer on 19 August 1896, in Taylor, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Union District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 1 December 1950, in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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- Edward R Louden, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edward R Louden, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Edward Riley Louden, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Loudoun near Cunningham in Ayrshire, named in Celtic as Lugūnon ‘fort of Lugus’ (see Lyon 2).
Scottish: possibly a variant of Lothian .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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