Brief Life History of John Edward
When John Edward Whitson was born on 27 February 1861, in Severance, Doniphan, Kansas, United States, his father, Moses J. Whitson, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Hall, was 23. He married Mary Price Smith on 5 April 1903, in Latah, Idaho, United States. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1914 and lived in Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Latah, Idaho, United States in 1900. He died on 14 January 1939, in Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States.
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- John E Whitson in household of M J Whitson, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
- John E Whitson, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- John Edward Whitson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (Midlothian): from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Whiteson, literally ‘white son’ or perhaps ‘son of someone named White ’. Occasionally, a variant of Whiston .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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