Brief Life History of James A.
When James A. Newby was born on 16 May 1876, in Gentry, Missouri, United States, his father, Henry Newton Newby, was 29 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Sweat, was 29. He lived in Miller Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Lincoln Township, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States in 1900. He died on 27 August 1901, in Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Gotebo, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States.
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- James A Newby in household of Henry N Newby, "United States Census, 1900"
- James A. Newby, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Newby in household of H N Newby, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (7)
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.
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.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places in northern England named with Old English nīwe ‘new’ (Middle English newe) + Old Norse bȳ ‘village, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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