Brief Life History of Robert Douglas
When Robert Douglas Melton was born on 7 March 1864, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, his father, Levi Benton Melton, was 23 and his mother, Levenia Smith, was 20. He married Cyntha Jennie Glass on 16 March 1915, in Tipton, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Beat 1, Benton, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and Norwalk, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. He died on 28 February 1920, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 55.
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- Robt D Melton in household of L B Melton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Robert Douglas Melten, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Robert D Melton, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Yorkshire, all of which have the same origin as Middleton , with Old English middel replaced by its Old Norse equivalent methal after the Scandinavian settlement of northern and eastern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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