Brief Life History of Laura
When Laura Mearick was born on 17 April 1863, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William Mearick, was 36 and her mother, Lanira Mearick, was 30. She married Conrad Kipp on 8 October 1885, in Darke, Ohio, United States. She lived in Union City, Darke, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Greenville Township, Darke, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 8 November 1921, in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States.
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- Laura Mearick in household of William Mearick, "United States Census, 1880"
- Laura Mearick, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Laura Mary Kipp, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
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
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from Russian metrika ‘registry of birth, certificate of birth’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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