Brief Life History of Lillie Ann
When Lillie Ann Purvis was born on 17 March 1878, in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, her father, Stephen David Purvis, was 36 and her mother, Rosa Effie Freeman, was 35. She married William Jesse Ballard in 1902, in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Court House Township, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States for about 60 years. She died on 24 October 1932, in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States.
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- Belle C Ballard, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lillie Ann Ballard, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Lillie Ann Purvis in entry for C Frank Ballard, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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
Scottish, English (Midlothian, Northumberland, and Durham; of Norman origin): status name or occupational name from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman French purveis, probably a derivative of purveoir ‘to foresee; to provide (supplies)’ and synonymous with Anglo-Norman French purveiour ‘steward who provides food and supplies to a royal or monastic household’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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