Brief Life History of Linus Fayette
When Linus Fayette Spaulding was born on 24 March 1849, in Emmett Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, his father, Albert North Spalding, was 28 and his mother, Polly Ann Ganoung, was 20. He married Esther Ann Burton on 5 December 1872, in Emmett Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1932, at the age of 83, and was buried in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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- Lafyette Spoulding, "United States Census, 1900"
- Linus A. Spaulding, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Linus F Spaulding, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Aberdeenshire) and English (Cambridgeshire and Norfolk): habitational name from Spalding (Lincolnshire), from Old English Spaldas, the name of an Anglian tribe who settled chiefly in the fen-lands of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, + the groupname suffix -ingas. Compare Spafford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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