Brief Life History of William Madison
When William Madison LeForce was born on 7 November 1880, in Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, United States, his father, Henry Jefferson Le Force, was 23 and his mother, Margaret Alafare Wilson, was 19. He married Shirley Elizabeth Taylor on 6 March 1902. He lived in Coldwater Township, Grant, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years and Rock Island Township, Grant, Oklahoma, United States for about 30 years. He died on 8 January 1954, in Pond Creek, Grant, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Pond Creek Cemetery, Pond Creek, Grant, Oklahoma, United States.
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- William M Leforce, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Madison Leforce, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- William Madison LeForce, "Find A Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Laforce 2 ‘the strength, the power’, with the masculine definite article le instead of feminine la.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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