Brief Life History of J. Hiram
When J. Hiram Focht was born on 29 December 1844, in Pine Grove, Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Michael Focht, was 29 and his mother, Maria Grammes, was 26. He married Elizabeth Leisey from 1866 to 1868, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tremont, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 21 February 1922, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Tremont, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Hiram Focht in household of Michael Focht, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hiram Focht, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- J Hiram Focht, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Vogt and, in North America, also an altered form of its cognate Vocht.
In some cases possibly also an altered form of Dutch Vocht: occupational name for a curator or guardian, from Middle Dutch voghet.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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