Brief Life History of Franklin Kerr
When Franklin Kerr Hutchins was born in March 1875, in Iowa, United States, his father, William Hutchins, was 48 and his mother, Margaret Ellen Kerr, was 34. He married Jennie May Thompson on 17 September 1896, in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Jefferson Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died on 13 September 1933, in Iowa, Iowa, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Lineville, Wayne, Iowa, United States.
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- Franklin K Hutchins in household of William Hutchins, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Franklin H Hutchins - Government record: birth: March 1875; Iowa, United States
- Frank K. Hutchins, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
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
English: variant of Hutcheon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s; see Houchin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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