Brief Life History of Alexander Farquhar
When Alexander Farquhar Ledingham was born on 27 February 1864, in Edinburg, Edinburg Township, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Alexander Morris Ledingham, was 34 and his mother, Janet Bremner Farquhar, was 36. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 15 May 1887, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- A F Ledingham in household of Mrs Robert T Burton, "United States Census, 1880"
- Alexander Ledingham, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Alexander Ledingham, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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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.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Aberdeen): probably a local habitational name from an unidentified place, possibly Ledikin in Culsalmond, which is recorded in 1600 as Ledinghame. Compare Leadingham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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