When William Lafayette Aaron was born on 3 May 1859, in Walker, Alabama, United States, his father, James Daniel Aaron, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Adaline Chambers, was 31. He married Dorcus Elizabeth Wilson on 2 October 1898, in Walker, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Eastern Division, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 14 Bartonville, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1900. He died on 23 June 1900, at the age of 41, and was buried in Aldridge, Walker, Alabama, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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.
Jewish, English, Welsh, West Indian, Guyanese, and African (mainly Nigeria): from the Biblical Hebrew personal name Aharon (which was Latinized as Aaron), borne by the first high priest of the Israelites, the brother of Moses (Exodus 4:14). Like Moses, it is probably of Egyptian origin, with a meaning no longer recoverable. In England and Wales, the name comes from the occasional adoption of Aaron as a Christian personal name. In south Wales, for example, where fixed surnames developed much later than in England, it was coined independently as a surname in the 17th–19th centuries, reflecting the enthusiasm for Old Testament personal names among Nonconformists.
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