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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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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