Brief Life History of Washington Montgomery
When Washington Montgomery Pendleton was born on 17 June 1842, in Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States, his father, Samuel Pendleton, was 34 and his mother, Mary Grover, was 34. He married Angela A S Norwood on 21 September 1860, in Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. He died on 7 April 1905, in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Washington Pendleton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Washington Pendleton, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Washington M. Pendleton, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for "medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated "purchaser", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level.
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire (in Eccles and Whalley, respectively) called Pendleton, from the hill name Pendle + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, estate, settlement’.
History: The Pendleton family were established in Caroline County, VA, by Philip Pendleton, a schoolmaster from Norwich, England, who immigrated to North America in 1682.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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