Brief Life History of James Lee
When James Lee Heflin was born in June 1865, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Heflin, was 28 and his mother, Margarett Francis Patty, was 28. He married Alice Muse on 29 August 1885, in Oregon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Eminence Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Sacramento Judicial Township, Sacramento, California, United States in 1940. He died on 26 April 1943, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- James Lee Heflin, "United States Census, 1940"
- James L. Heflin, "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920"
- James Lee Heflin, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of Swiss German Häfelin, a variant of Haefeli .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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