Brief Life History of Laborius Baum
When Laborius Baum Wiest was born on 17 April 1860, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Merkel Wiest, was 40 and his mother, Ester Jette Baum, was 39. He married Lydia Anna Maurer about 1882, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 November 1888, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rife, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Lebarus Weast in household of Ester Weast, "United States Census, 1880"
- Liberius Wiest, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Labare Wiest, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
German:
Alemannic variant of Wüst (see Wuest ).
habitational name from a place called Wiest or Wieste, for example near Meppen (Lower Saxony).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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