When Laura Ann Kesinger was born on 16 February 1859, in Greene, Illinois, United States, her father, William Kesinger, was 24 and her mother, Cassandra Davidson, was 27. She married John William Flowers on 3 August 1876, in Greene, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 10 August 1938, in Wrights, Greene, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Wrights Township, Greene, Illinois, United States.
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Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
South German: variant of Kiesinger, a habitational or topographic name, presumably of Württemberg origin, or from a derivative of the old personal name Giso.
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