Brief Life History of Lawson Wheelock
When Lawson Wheelock Baylies was born on 14 July 1848, in Greensburg, St. Helena, Louisiana, United States, his father, Nicholas Baylies, was 39 and his mother, Harriet Helen Cahoon, was 25. He married Susanna Kesler Smith on 2 April 1878. He lived in Minden Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 13 East Palisade, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1940. He died in 1944, in Palisade, Mesa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Palisade Cemetery, Palisade, Mesa, Colorado, United States.
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- Lawson Baylies, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lawson W Baylies, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Lawson Wheelock Baylies, "Find A Grave Index"
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1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bailiff , with excrescent -s, an occupational name for an officer of a court of justice, whose duties included serving writs, distraining goods, and (formerly) arresting people. In England it was formerly a status name for the chief officer of a hundred (administrative subdivision of a county). The derivation is from Middle English, Old French bailis, from Late Latin baiulivus (adjective), ‘pertaining to an attendant or porter’ (see Bailey ).
History: Thomas Baylies, a prominent Quaker, came to Boston from London in 1737.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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