When Oliver William Bess was born on 9 June 1890, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Oliver Cromwell Bess Jr., was 31 and his mother, Emma Lyon Lee, was 30. He married Maude England Dulaney about 1920, in Utah, United States. He lived in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1930. He died on 9 November 1971, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81.
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Historical Boundaries: 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States
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.
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English (Devon): possibly a variant of Biss .
Altered form of German Boesch .
In some cases possibly also be an altered form of French Besse .
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