When Charles Whitson Frazer was born on 10 April 1863, in Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, his father, James Frazer, was 34 and his mother, Ruth Whitson, was 25. He married Emma Bell Groves on 25 December 1881, in Jefferson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States in 1900. He died on 23 January 1931, in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Drexel Hill, Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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