Oruster T. Polley

Brief Life History of Oruster T.

When Oruster T. Polley was born on 7 September 1874, in Perry, Indiana, United States, his father, Daniel Webster Polley, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Ann Neal, was 27. He died on 23 October 1944, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Webster Polley
1844–1931
Sarah Ann Neal
1847–1900
Douglas Sherman Polley
1866–1935
William M Polley
1868–1953
Lorenzo Curtis Polley
1870–1954
John Arthur Polley
1872–1943
Oruster T. Polley
1874–1944
Cassandra B. Polley
1876–1963
Albert Loyd Polley
1879–1944
Alta Mae Polley
1883–1967

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    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly southeastern): variant of Pooley .

    German: variant of Poley .

    French (northern): variant of Pollet .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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