Brief Life History of Melvin J
When Melvin J Stauffer was born on 28 May 1857, in Richland, Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob Stauffer Jr., was 46 and his mother, Sara Stark, was 44. He married Mary Ellen Stout on 10 April 1878, in Ashland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Butler, Worthington Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Ohio, United States in 1932. He died on 14 January 1932, in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, United States.
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- Melvin Stauffer, "United States Census, 1920"
- Melvin Stauffer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Melvin J Stouffer, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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
South German:
occupational name for a maker or seller of beakers or mugs, from an agent derivative of Middle High German stouf ‘beaker, stoup’.
habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called with this word, for example Stauf, Staufen; the reference is to hills thought to resemble a beaker in shape. Compare Stouffer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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