Francina Louisa Griffith
Spouse
John Van Deusen
John Van Deusen
1825 - 1891
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1843

1843 July 25 - Père Antoine Désiré Mégret, a Capuchin missionary, purchases for $900 the land that will become Abbeville, Louisiana, a town founded by descendants of Acadians from Nova Scotia.

1864


Nov 30
Age: 22y
1864 Helena, Montana, is founded after four prospectors (the so-called Four Georgians) discover gold at Last Chance Gulch; it is their last and agreed final attempt at weeks of trying to find gold in the northern Rockies.

1871


Mar 2
Age: 28y
1871 • In North Carolina, William Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state (North Carolina) to be removed from office by impeachment.

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