Brief Life History of John Calvin
When John Calvin Soden was born on 22 January 1872, in Kansas, United States, his father, William Mallory Soden, was 42 and his mother, Nancy B. Johnston, was 35. He married Martha Jane Pearce on 5 October 1895, in Christian, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lynch Township, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Lincoln Township, Christian, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 10 May 1928, in Lawrence, Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Boaz, Christian, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Calvin Gordan, "United States Census, 1920"
- John C Soden, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- John Calvin Soden, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire):
if pronounced /soʊdən/, see Sowden 4.
habitational name from Sudden(e) Farm in Grafton (Wiltshire), recorded as The Soden Park in 1547–53. The origin of the placename is uncertain due to a lack of medieval forms, but it may derive from Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + denu ‘valley’ or dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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