Brief Life History of Hugh Clay
When Hugh Clay Shoff was born on 11 June 1873, in Maryland, United States, his father, Rudolph Reuben Shoff, was 30 and his mother, Mary Jane Thomas Adams, was 26. He married Lucinda A. Heffner about 1892, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Oakwood, Cecil, Maryland, United States for about 10 years and District 8, Cecil, Maryland, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1957, at the age of 84, and was buried in Cecil, Maryland, United States.
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- Hugh C Shott, "United States Census, 1940"
- Hugh C. Shoff, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Hugh C. Shoff, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
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Americanized form of German Schoff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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