Evansville, Indiana, USA
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Where is Evansville, Indiana, USA? Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
On March 27, 1812, Hugh McGary Jr. purchased about 441 acres and named it "McGary's Landing". In 1814, to attract more people, McGary renamed his village "Evansville" in honor of Colonel Robert Morgan Evans. Evansville incorporated in 1817 and became a county seat on January 7, 1818. The county was named for Henry Vanderburgh, a deceased chief judge of the Indiana territorial supreme court.wikipedia
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1885 - EVANSVILLE, IND., FLOODED.Evansville, Ind., May 29. -- A tremendous rain fall visited this city yesterday afternoon. The...Read MORE...
1889 - On the 9th, R. F. Schor, book-keeper of the First National Bank of Evansville, Ind., committed suicide by hanging. Unsuccessful speculation was the cause.St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 13, 1889
1890 - TornadoIN INDIANA.
Later Reports Show the Loss of Life and Property Increasing.
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1901 - February 5 - In Evansville, Indiana, a fire burns through the business district, causing $175,000 of damage.
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February 5, 1901
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February 5, 1901
1902 - Lightning Destroys a Fine Evansville Church. FINE CHURCH RUINED. Lightning Causes Fire That Destroyed Structure.Evansville, Ind., March 31 - St. Boniface Catholic church, located in the western suburbs of this...Read MORE...
1909 - FUMES FILL MINE AND FIVE DIE. DEAD AND INJURED THROWN OVER ALL PARTS OF THE WORKINGS.Evansville, Ind., March 20 - Five were killed and a score injured in an explosion at the Sunnyside...Read MORE...
1916
Evansville, a city of Indiana, the capital of Vanderburg co., and the second city in population in...Read MORE...
Evansville, a city of Indiana, the capital of Vanderburg co., and the second city in population in...Read MORE...
1937 - FLOOD WALL INSUFFICIENT
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Monday, Jan. 25 - (UP) - Ohio river flood waters swept over the 51-foot flood...Read MORE...
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Monday, Jan. 25 - (UP) - Ohio river flood waters swept over the 51-foot flood...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Maudie ARCHBOLD
(29 June 1883, Evansville, Indiana, USA - , )
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Caroline Emma EBLE
(25 September 1894, Evansville, Indiana, USA - , )
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Bertham Mariam SCHLACHTER
(16 August 1894, Evansville, Indiana, USA - , )
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Mary Dee COLEMAN
(1921, , Kentucky, USA - 1989, Evansville, Indiana, USA)
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Christine ZIEGLER
(2/26/1908, , Nebraska, USA - 2010, Evansville, Indiana, USA)
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Cemeteries in Evansville, Indiana, USA
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