When Jemima Catherine Adair was born on 6 April 1846, in Lexington, Washington, Iowa, United States, her father, Samuel Jefferson Adair, was 40 and her mother, Jemima Catherine Mangum, was 36. She married Frederick Dickenson Rugg on 11 January 1866, in Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 11, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 15 April 1926, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, a form of Edgar .
History: James Adair (c. 1709–83) was an ‘Indian trader’ in SC from 1735; he was born in Antrim, northern Ireland. Baron William Adair, from Scotland, also settled in SC at around the same period.
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