Brief Life History of Henry Harrison
When Henry Harrison Wilson was born in September 1852, in Ohio, United States, his father, David M Wilson, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ann Smith, was 29. He married Caroline Rucker on 8 August 1878, in Monroe, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Washington, Monroe, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Rock Creek Township, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 30 June 1904, in Alta Vista, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Corning Cemetery, Corning, Nemaha, Kansas, United States.
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- Henry H Wilson im Haushalt von David Wilson, „United States Census, 1870“
- Henry Wilson, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Henry Wilson, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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