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Ruth Martha Leake 1827 - 1860

Ruth Martha Leake was born on March 6, 1827 at Canadaiqua County, N.Y. to David Zeno Leake and Sally S. Eaton, and had siblings David W. Leake, Cyril A. Leake, Rosina J. Leake, and Isaac Eaton Leake. Ruth Leake died at age 33 years old in 1860 at Batavia, N.Y..
Ruth Martha Leake
March 6, 1827
Canadaiqua County, N.Y.
1860
Batavia, N.Y.
Female
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  • 03/6
    1827

    Birthday

    March 6, 1827
    Birthdate
    Canadaiqua County, N.Y.
    Birthplace
  • 1860

    Death

    1860
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Batavia, N.Y.
    Death location
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    Ruth Martha Leake lived 39 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 32.
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In 1827, in the year that Ruth Martha Leake was born, on February 28th, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - the B&O - was incorporated. The B&O became the first railroad to carry both people and freight and was Maryland's answer to the Erie Canal. Construction began on July 4th, 1828.
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In 1839, when she was only 12 years old, in The Boston Morning Post, on March 23rd, the first recorded use of the word "OK" appeared. A columnist in the paper said this: "The "Chairman of the Committee on Charity Lecture Bells, is one of the deputation, and perhaps if he should return to Boston, via Providence, he of the Journal, and his train-band, would have his 'contribution box,' et ceteras, o.k.—all correct—and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward." While this is the first known time that OK appeared in print, where the word came from is still disputed.
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