When Sylvia Almina Shinn was born on 3 February 1850, in Knox, Illinois, United States, her father, Moses Hiram Shinn, was 28 and her mother, Paulina Hoag Pease, was 21. She had at least 3 sons and 5 daughters with Charles E Hall. She lived in Grant Township, Adams, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Portland Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States in 1900. She was buried in Alpha Cemetery, Alpha, Henry, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1851: Adams, Iowa, United States
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.
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.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): nickname from Middle English shin(ne) ‘fair, handsome’, a variant of Shine 3 and Sheen 2.
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