Brief Life History of Curtis Columbus
When Curtis Columbus Gossage was born on 17 November 1873, in Illinois, United States, his father, James M Gossage, was 35 and his mother, Susan Emma Sherrill, was 24. He married Ethel Gertrude Thompson on 23 November 1901, in Schuyler, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Frederick, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Woodstock Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1951, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ridgeville Cemetery, Browning Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States.
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- Curtis Gossage, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Curtis Columbus Gossage - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Curtis Columbus Gossage
- Curtis C. Gossage, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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.
1887
Historical Boundaries: 1887: Schuyler, Illinois, United States
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.
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English (Midlands): variant of Gorsuch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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