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Today – May 18

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Heritage Wedding

Family of William and Lucy (Hills) Nelson

William Nelson and Lucy Hills  were married on 18 May 1891 in Iowa

William and Lucy were my great-grandparents.  They were my father’s maternal grandparents.  William was the last of my direct ancestors to immigrate to the United States.  In about 1873, when he was a small child, he immigrated from Sweden ( or possibly Denmark) with his parents.  Lucy was born in the United States but her parents had immigrated from Germany in the early 1850′s.  Her father, even though a recent immigrant, fought for the Union Army (Twenty-sixth Infantry IOWA) in the Civil War.

The photo was taken around 1911 or 12.  My grandmother, Bessie (Nelson) Murray is the young woman in the upper right of the photo.

World War Cycle – Missionary Awakening Era – Second Turning, Awakening (1886-1909)

Today – May 17

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Foreign Birthday

Edward Jenner - English scientist who developed smallpox vaccine.

Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

Edward Jenner (1749-1823) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Edward Jenner, (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English scientist who studied his natural surroundings in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Jenner is widely credited as the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, and is sometimes referred to as the ‘Father of Immunology’.

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U. S. Contemporaries: Revolutionary War Cycle – Republican Generation – Hero (Civic) (1742-1766)

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Today – March 31

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Today’s Memorable Events

Notable Foreign Birthdays

Johann Sebastian Bach - Leading German composer of the Baroque period

Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach (Photo credit: Stifts- och landsbiblioteket i Skara)

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 [O.S. 21 March] – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity.  Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation in composition for diverse instrumentation, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France.

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U. S. Contemporaries: Colonial Cycle – Enlightenment Generation – Artist (Adaptive) (1674-1700)

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Today – March 29

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Memorable U. S.  Birthday

John Tyler - 10th President of the United States

English: A portrait of John Tyler located insi...

English: A portrait of John Tyler located inside the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

John Tyler, Jr. (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first ever to obtain that office via succession.  A long-time Democrat-Republican, Tyler was nonetheless elected Vice President on the Whig ticket.   He became President upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on April 4, 1841, only a month after his inauguration.  It was not until 1967 that Tyler’s action of assuming full powers of the presidency was legally codified in the Twenty-fifth Amendment.

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Civil War Cycle – Era of Good Feeling – First Turning, High (1788-1821)
Revolutionary War Cycle – Compromise Generation – Artist (Adaptive) (1767-1791)

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Today – March 24

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Heritage Birthday

William Logan Summers was born on this day in 1823

William Logan Summers (24 Mar 1823, Kentucky – 9 Dec 1877, Missouri) William was my spouse’s Great-Grandfather.  About 1849 William was married to Rachael Sells in Missouri.

Civil War Cycle – Transcendental Awakening Era – Second Turning, Awakening (1822-1837)
Gilded Generation – Nomad (Reactive) (1822-1842)

 

Today – March 21

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Notable Foreign Birthday

Benito Juárez - Mexico’sgreatest and most beloved leader.

The reforms of Benito Juárez allowed the Angli...

The reforms of Benito Juárez allowed the Anglican Church of Mexico to come into being. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Benito Pablo Juárez García (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872. Benito Juárez was the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background, and also the first full-blooded indigenous national ever to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere.  For resisting the French occupation, overthrowing the Empire, and restoring the Republic, as well as for his liberal efforts to modernize the country, Juárez is often regarded as one of Mexico’s greatest and most beloved leaders. Several towns, schools, parks, streets and monuments have been named to honor and remember him.

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U. S. Contemporaries: Civil War Cycle – Transcendental Generation – Prophet (Idealist) (1792-1821)

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Today – February 21

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Heritage Birthday

Logan Summers was born on this day in 1865

Logan Summers (21 Feb 1865, Missouri – 22 Aug 1942, Oklahoma) was my spouse’s paternal grandfather. In 1889 he was married to Nevada Cary in Missouri.

Civil War Cycle – Civil War Era – Fourth Turning, Crisis (1860-1865)
World War Cycle – Missionary Generation – Prophet (Idealist) (1860-1882)

Heritage Wedding

Jack McLaughlin and Nellie Stallard were married on 21 Feb 1906 in Oklahoma

Jack and Nellie were my Spouse’s grandparents.

World War Cycle – Missionary Awakening Era – Second Turning, Awakening (1886-1909)

Today – February 20

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Heritage Birthday

Eva (Marshall) Stallard was born on this day in 1864

Eva Catherine (Marshall) Stallard (20 Feb 1864, Indiana – unknown) was my spouse’s great-grandmother.  In 1881 Eva was married to George Stallard in Missouri.

Civil War Cycle – Civil War Era – Fourth Turning, Crisis (1860-1865)
World War Cycle – Missionary Generation – Prophet (Idealist) (1860-1882)

Today – January 28

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Heritage Birthday

Hazel (McLaughlin) Summers was born on this day in 1907

Hazel (McLaughlin) Summers (28 Jan 1907, Oklahoma – 12 Nov 1993, California) was my Spouse’s mother. Hazel was married to Delbert Summers on 23 Sep 1922 in Oklahoma.

World War Cycle – Missionary Awakening Era – Second Turning, Awakening (1886-1909)
G.I. Generation – Hero (Civic) (1901-1924)