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Note: 1861--Kansas women were given the right to vote in school elections, far earlier than in most states.
1872--"Home on the Range" written in Smith County.
31 Jul/Sep 1874--Grasshopper plague (Rocky Mountain Locust) visited Kansas. The grasshopper invasion devastated crops (corn) in Kansas and many people lost nearly everything. Aid (clothes, provisions and money) was sent from the East to help the people get through the hard winter.
1879--The prominent issue of the Kansas legislature was prohibition.
1880--An amendment to the Kansas Constitution approved by Kansas voters prohibited the manufacture, sale, or gift of all forms of intoxicating liquor. Kansas became the first state in the United States to pass this controversial amendment.
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- Davis is the 6th most popular last name (surname) in the United States; frequency is 0.480%; percentile is 4.237 [SourceCBN] 2001
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might be??
Name: Johns, Julia A.
County: Marion
Death Date: 07 Mar 1918
Certificate: 124
and for curiousity:
Name: Johns, Isaac Newton
County: Portland
Death Date: 27 Nov 1925
Certificate: 3018
write to Lookup volunteer: Beverly Przybylski beverlyp@@harborside.com
http://ladyecloud.hypermart.net/Ancestors.htm
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