Brief Life History of William Farrington
When William Farrington Hayhurst was born on 25 October 1881, in Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, United States, his father, John Benton Hayhurst, was 44 and his mother, Mary Ann Farrington, was 44. He married Mary Helen Wild on 24 December 1902, in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Yellowhead Township, Kankakee, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Grant Park, Kankakee, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 30 June 1957, in Kankakee, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Grant Park, Kankakee, Illinois, United States.
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- William Hayhurst, "United States Census, 1940"
- Wm. L. Hayhurst, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- William F Hayhurst, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) high wood or grove’, from Middle English heigh, high(e) + hirst(e).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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