Brief Life History of Sigel Eugene
When Sigel Eugene Marcum was born on 13 February 1918, in Haxtun, Phillips, Colorado, United States, his father, John Arthur Marcum, was 45 and his mother, Edith Arthur Spelts, was 24. He married Verna Lee Waldkoetter on 3 August 1938, in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Broderick, West Sacramento, Yolo, California, United States in 1950 and Elizabethtown, Sand Creek Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States in 1998. He died on 15 August 1988, in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Azalia, Sand Creek Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sigel E Marcum, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
- Sigel Eugene Marcum, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1921 · Flash floods kill 1500
On June 3 1921, flash floods in Pueblo cause over $20 million in damage and kill over 1,500 people in its wake.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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Altered form of English Markham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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