Brief Life History of Josephine Flora
When Josephine Flora Mitchell was born on 17 March 1874, in Pleasant Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States, her father, Robert M. Mitchell, was 53 and her mother, Ann Eliza Hunter, was 38. She married Joshua Alexander Baker on 21 November 1891, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 26 June 1946, in Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.
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- Jossie Braker in household of Joshua Braker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mitchell, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Josie Mitchell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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