On This Day - July 4th

On This Day...

1745 - Birth: Jacobus Steichen, Kehlen, Capellen, Luxembourg

1769 - Death: Rocse Smith, Granby, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

1807 - Birth: Julia Ann Knapp, Connecticut

1840 - Birth: Susan Arena Peoples, Jasper County, Mississippi

1842 - Birth: Kellogg Kinney,

1863 - Marriage: Alfred Mellin Thurston and Barbara Ann Messing, Oasis, Waushara County, Wisconsin

1867 - Birth: Henrietta Miller, Nephi, Juab County, Utah

1874 - Death: Mary Dark,

1879 - Birth: Valentine Lommel,

1883 - Birth: Ida May Thurston, Liberty Township, South Dakota

1904 - Death: Margaret Jane Bell, Crawford County, Indiana

1904 - Birth: Alfred Lee McMurry, Winn Parish, Louisiana

1926 - Birth: Elsie Maloy, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana

1942 - Death: Emma Schreifels, Los Angeles, California

1945 - Death: Mary Theisen, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota

1971 - Death: Rachel Loretta Walker, Downing, Dunn County, Wisconsin

Happy Independence Day for my USA readers!  You'll note the first two entries for today happened before our national independence... 




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