Brief Life History of Edith May
When Edith May Coan was born on 22 September 1892, in Daviess, Indiana, United States, her father, Patrick M Coan, was 21 and her mother, Mary "Minnie" Florence Dayton, was 22. She married Isaac Alonzo Stafford on 14 January 1912, in Daviess, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Veale Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 16 March 1969, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mount Gilead Cemetery, Veale Township, Daviess, Indiana, United States.
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- Edith M Staford in household of Isac L Staford, "United States Census, 1920"
- Edith May Coan, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Edith Dayton, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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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.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Irish (Mayo): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Comhdhain ‘son of Comhdhan’, a personal name of unexplained etymology, or Mac Comhghain ‘son of Comhghan’, see Cowan .
Possibly an altered form of Jewish Cohen or German and Jewish Kohn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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