Brief Life History of William Washington
When William Washington Cease was born on 22 February 1861, in Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Cease, was 40 and his mother, Lura Shay, was 22. He married Carrie Lee Kennedy on 6 October 1881, in Benton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Williams Township, Benton, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 30 July 1919, in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Saint Johns Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- William Cease in household of Joseph Cease, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Washington Cease, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- William W Cease, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875
In 1875 the voters of the county of Madison adopted the township system of county government.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Zies, Ziess or Ziese, which are all cognates of Zieske , or perhaps of Sies or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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