Brief Life History of Don Carlos
When Don Carlos Rushton was born on 8 March 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Edwin Rushton, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Naomi Robinson, was 27. He married Elizabeth Jane Seare on 30 March 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 40 years and United States in 1949. In 1950, at the age of 86, his occupation is listed as storekeeper. He died on 16 June 1950, at the age of 86, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Don C Rushton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Don Carlos Rushton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Don Carlos Rushton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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