Brief Life History of Elgin Heagy
When Elgin Heagy Dunlap was born in 1871, in South Whitley, Cleveland Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States, his father, William Dunlap, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Amanda Heagy, was 27. He married Margaret Eleanor Nora Nuxall on 18 January 1900, in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 26 August 1910, in Whitley, Indiana, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Greenhill Cemetery, Columbia City, Columbia Township, Whitley, Indiana, United States.
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- Elgin Dunlap in household of Wm Dunlap, "United States Census, 1880"
- Unknown, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Elgin Heagy Dunlap, "Find A Grave Index"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Kilmarnock named Dunlop, from Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + possibly lápach ‘muddy’. The traditional pronunciation places the stress on the second syllable, although nowadays it is usually placed on the first.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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