Brief Life History of William Nelson
When William Nelson Hunter was born on 7 October 1852, in Clinton, Illinois, United States, his father, William Maben McLin Hunter, was 37 and his mother, Nancy Margaret Gillespie, was 36. He married Gabriella Minnie Sackett on 5 March 1882, in Bond, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Greenville, Bond, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Peters Township, Kingman, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 16 July 1904, in Zenda, Kingman, Kansas, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Zenda, Kingman, Kansas, United States.
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- William M Hunter in household of William M Hunter, "United States Census, 1860"
- William N Hunter, „Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940“
- William Nelson Hunter, „Find A Grave Index“
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1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).
Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.
History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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