When Morris Covert Darbyshire was born on 3 October 1847, in Clinton, Ohio, United States, his father, Benjamin John Darbyshire, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Hoblit, was 37. He married Mary Ann Sumner on 23 March 1868, in Clinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Waynesville, Wayne Township, Warren, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 8 March 1921, in Wayne Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Green Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
English (Lancashire): variant of Derbyshire . This form of the surname represents the pronunciation of both the county name and the surname.
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