Brief Life History of Eugene Leon
When Eugene Leon Leftwich was born on 27 August 1930, in Silver Creek Township, Cowley, Kansas, United States, his father, Marion Howell Leftwich, was 21 and his mother, Jessie Augusta Garoutte, was 21. He lived in Saint Clair Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1950. He died on 8 February 2009, in Columbia, Monroe, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, St. Clair, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Eugune L Leftwich, "United States Census, 1950"
- Gene, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Eugene L Leftwich, "United States Social Security Death Index"
World Events (8)
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1932 · The Miners Union
After a contract proposal reducing wages by $1.10 a day, employees of the United Mine Workers came together and created the Progressive Miners of America in southern Illinois. After discontent arose over the 67 years of operation, the union was dissolved.
1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment
Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leftwich in Cheshire, so named fromthe Old English female personal name Lēoftǣt +wīc ‘dairy farm, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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