When Elizabeth Maria Petitt was born on 25 January 1865, in Harrison, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry R Petitt, was 30 and her mother, Sally Maria Ames, was 28. She married Alexander Nelson Goakey on 14 March 1883, in Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Hammel, Taylor, Wisconsin, United States in 1920 and Shirland, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1923. She died on 21 February 1923, in Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Shirland, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Taylor, Wisconsin, United States
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.
English: variant of Petit .
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