Brief Life History of William David
When William David Rhyde was born on 12 June 1865, in New York, United States, his father, Jabez Rhyde, was 23 and his mother, Bridget Murhall, was 24. He married Sarah Estella Taylor in 1891. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Richfield, Otsego, New York, United States in 1875 and Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 20 January 1923, in Exeter, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Schuyler Lake, Otsego, New York, United States.
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- Wm D Rhide, "New York State Census, 1875"
- William D Rhyde, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- William Rhyde in entry for Smith J Shepard, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English rode (Old English rod, rodu) designating someone who lived by a woodland clearing, or for someone who came from a place so named, such as Road (Somerset), Rhode (Somerset), Road Farm in Colebrook (Devon), Rhode in Halberton (Devon), Roade (Northamptonshire), Rode (Cheshire), and Rodd (Herefordshire).
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a reed bed, from Middle English rode (Old English hrēod). See also Rude and Trude .
German: habitational name from any places called Rhode (Lower Saxony, Rhineland) and Rhoden (Hesse, Saxony-Anhalt, former Silesia).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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