Brief Life History of James Howard
When Prof. James Howard Gore PhD was born on 18 September 1856, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, his father, Mahlon S Gore, was 36 and his mother, Sidney Sophea Cather, was 28. He married Lillian Nan Sparrendahl on 20 June 1889, in District of Columbia, United States. He lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States for about 40 years and Friendship, Frederick, Maryland, United States in 1939. He died on 10 June 1939, in Friendship Heights, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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- J. Howard Gore in household of Otis T. Mason, "United States Census, 1880"
- James Howard Gore, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Unknown, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Assassination Plot
On April 14,1865, an assassination plot takes place. The first shot is President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth while at Ford's Theater. The second is the secretary of State William H. Seward who is stabbed multiple times. The final is suppose to be the vice president Andrew Johnson but the would be assassin got cold feet.
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.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece of land’ (Old English gāra, a derivative of gār ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a spearhead), a topographic name for someone living by a triangular field, or a habitational name from any of various places, for example Gore Court in Tunstall (Kent) and Gore Farm in Hannington (Wiltshire), named from this word.
French: from Old French gore ‘sow’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.
French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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