Brief Life History of Emma D
When Emma D Peoples was born on 4 January 1859, her father, Thomas A. Peoples, was 26 and her mother, Jane Ann Morison, was 22. She married Napoleon B Moss on 23 November 1880, in Monroe, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt River Township, Ralls, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Salt River, Ralls, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 5 August 1925, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Ralls, Missouri, United States.
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- Emma S Peoples in household of Thomas Peoples, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma Peoples - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Emma Peoples
- Emma Peoples, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish (Donegal): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duibhne ‘descendant of Dubhne’, see Deeney . Peoples is a pseudo-translation based on the perceived resemblance of the Irish name to Gaelic daoine ‘people’.
English: variant of People , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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