Charles Edgar McCurdy

Brief Life History of Charles Edgar

Charles Edgar McCurdy was born on 24 February 1876, in Springcreek Township, Miami, Ohio, United States as the son of Cyrus McCurdy and Sallie C. Delts. He married Lydia Redmon on 16 March 1899, in Clark, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 1 July 1940, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.

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Charles Edgar McCurdy
1876–1940
Lydia Redmon
1877–1954
Marriage: 16 March 1899
Edgar Drackett McCurdy
1907–1987

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  • C E Mc Curdy, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Charles Edgar Mccurdy, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Charles Edgar McCurdy, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

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

Scottish and Irish (Antrim): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mhuircheartaich or Mac Mhuircheartaigh, a patronymic from Muircheartach, a personal name composed of the elements muir ‘sea’ + ceartach ‘ruler’, hence ‘skilled seaman’. See also McCord 1 and compare Moriarty .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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