Brief Life History of Elnora
When Elnora Casida was born in 1861, in Indiana, United States, her father, Isaac Newton Casida Jr, was 47 and her mother, Temperance Jane Jordan, was 36. She married Allen Ari Criss on 4 December 1880, in Spencer, Washington Township, Owen, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Morgan Township, Owen, Indiana, United States for about 40 years and Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died on 2 June 1927, in La Fayette, Randolph, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Darlington, Franklin Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States.
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- Infant Casida in household of Isaac Casida, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellenor E Cassidy, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Eleanor (Elnora) Cassida Criss, "Find A Grave Index"
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
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.
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Altered form of Irish Cassidy .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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