Brief Life History of Kansas Ann
When Kansas Ann Landis was born on 20 May 1866, in Crawford, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Kinkaid Landiss, was 35 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Roberson, was 30. She married Abner Pickett Cuzzort on 30 August 1884, in Crawford, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Sterling Township, Crawford, Indiana, United States for about 40 years and English, Sterling Township, Crawford, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died on 21 November 1938, in Clark, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Crawford, Indiana, United States.
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- Kansas Landis in household of Joseph Landis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Kansas Anne Landiss Cuzzort, "Find A Grave Index"
- Kansas Landiss in entry for Odie Edith Denbo, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
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 The Amendment was later repealed.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Swiss German and South German: nickname for a highwayman or for someone who lays waste to the land, Middle High German landoese. The surname of Swiss German origin is also found in France (Alsace), where it is rare. Compare Landes and Lantis .
Americanized form of German Landers 3. Alternatively, an altered form of Landers 4. Compare Landess .
History: The ancestor of many of the Americans with the surname Landis was Christopher (or Christian) Landis or Landers from Germany who settled in VA (now WV) in the middle of the 18th century and later moved to NC. The original form of his surname is not known; both the surnames Landis and Landers are found in Germany and they are both established among his descendants, as is the (other) Americanized form Landess. — This is also the name of a Swiss Mennonite family, originating from the canton of Zurich, whose members settled, after the expulsion from Switzerland in the 17th century, in the Palatinate, Germany, and in Alsace, France, or immigrated to America. In both Germany and America the change of the name from Landis to Landes occured. In the first half of the 18th century there were several Mennonites named Landis or Landes who immigrated to PA. The town of Landisville in Lancaster County, PA, is named for one of them.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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