When Daniel Otterbein Hoover was born on 2 April 1846, in Leitersburg, Washington, Maryland, United States, his father, Samuel Hoover, was 32 and his mother, Catherine Spessard, was 24. He married Sarah S. Hartle in 1872, in Washington, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington, Maryland, United States in 1850 and Williamsport, Washington, Maryland, United States in 1860. He died in 1938, in Maryland, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Saint James Reformed Church Cemetery, Leitersburg, Washington, Maryland, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .
Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.
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