When Mary Magdeline Jessup was born on 12 June 1880, in Randolph, Indiana, United States, her father, Oliver Jessup, was 39 and her mother, Rachel Huston, was 33. She married Samuel J Tilton Merchant on 17 August 1897, in Randolph, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in White River Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died on 7 April 1929, in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Maxville, White River Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States.
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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.
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English: from the Middle English personal name Jessup, a vernacular form of Joseph , representing the usual pronunciation of the name in the Middle Ages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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