From Castles to America » Allen Focht (1853-1931)
Personal data Allen Focht
- He was born on March 5, 1853 in Union Twn. Auglaize Co.Ohio.
- He died May 1931 in Uniopolois, Union Twn.Auglaize Co.Ohio, he was 78 years old.
- He is buried in the year 1931 in Fairmount Cemetery, Auglaize Co. Ohio.
- A child of Samuel Focht and Louisa E. Justice
- This information was last updated on June 2, 2015.
Household of Allen Focht
(1) He is married to Rebecca Blank.
They got married on March 29, 1874 at Auglaize Co.Ohio, he was 21 years old.
Child(ren):
- Tracy Focht 1874-1927
- Charles W. Focht 1880-1963
- John Elmer Focht 1885-1927
(2) He is married to Susannah Catherine Bitler.
They got married on October 13, 1887 at Auglaize Co.Ohio, he was 34 years old.
Child(ren):
- Nova Focht 1891-????
- Hazel Valor Focht 1894-1960
- Dewey Focht 1898-????
Notes about Allen Focht
Allen Focht Source # 1 History of Auglaize Co., Ohio Pg # 530 A former trustee of Union Twn and one of the best known of the older farmers and landowners of Uniopolis neighborhood, was born on the farm on which he is now living, just east of Uniopolis and has lived there all his life, a member of one of the real pioneer families of that part of the county. Mr.Focht was born on March 5, 1853 , and is a son of Samuel and Louisa Justice/ Focht , the latter of whom was a daughter of Allen Justice who had entered his land in section 15 of Union Township in 1835, three years after the Shawnee had departed this area. Samuel Focht , who was one of the early commissioners of Auglaize County and in his generation a man of force and influence in this community, was born in Luzern Co., Pa., in 1812, and was a son of Adam Focht, also a Pennsylvanian who in 1836 came to Ohio and settled in a woodland tract which he aquired in section 14 of Union Twn. which was then included within the confines of Allen County Ohio. Adam Focht had 10 children, Samuel, Daniel, Lewis, Adam Jr. , John, William, Jacob, Susan , Mary and Matilda and the Focht connection of this line in the present generation is an extensive one.
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Historical events
Birthday March 5, 1853
- The temperature on March 5, 1853 was about 1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- January 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
- March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
- April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
- July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
- October 4 » The Crimean War begins when the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- November 30 » Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
Day of marriage October 13, 1887
- The temperature on October 13, 1887 was about 9.3 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
- June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
- June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Same birth/death day
- 1853 » Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator († 1911)
- 1862 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician († 1934)
- 1867 » Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec († 1952)
- 1869 » Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal († 1952)
- 1870 » Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer († 1953)
- 1870 » Frank Norris, American journalist and author († 1902)
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