Brief Life History of Samuel B
When Samuel B Winn was born on 22 April 1854, in Lamb, Hardin, Illinois, United States, his father, James Winn, was 27 and his mother, Eleanor Ellen Flowers, was 22. He married Annie Bell Sheridan on 31 March 1878, in Hardin, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hardin, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Battery Rock Election Precinct, Hardin, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 4 August 1923, in Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Lamb, Hardin, Illinois, United States.
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- Samuel Winn, "United States Census, 1880"
- Samuel B. Winn, "Find A Grave Index"
- Samuel Winn in entry for James Winn and Blossom Warner, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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English (northern) and Welsh: variant of Wynn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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