When William Signor was born on 4 September 1846, in Hounsfield, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, John Signor, was 37 and his mother, Louisa A. Smith, was 33. He married Nancy M. Kelly on 12 January 1912, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. He lived in Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Pine Grove, Pine Grove Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States in 1920. He died on 5 January 1924, in Bloomingdale, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan, United States.
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The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Italian: variant of Signore .
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