When William Giles Eanes was born on 22 September 1867, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Eanes, was 55 and his mother, Sarah Jane Thompson, was 43. He died on 15 October 1909, in Palmersville, Weakley, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 42.
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Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
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.
English (Hampshire): probably a variant of Heanes with loss of initial H-, itself a variant of Heane, with post-medieval excrescent -s, a nickname from Middle English hen(e), heine ‘poor, needy, wretched’ (Old English hēan). Eanes is now rare in Britain, and in the US is found predominantly in VA.
Portuguese and Galician: patronymic from the Latin personal name Johannes (Portuguese João, Galician Xoán; see John ).
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