Brief Life History of Della E
When Della E Simmons was born on 18 January 1874, in Tarrant, Texas, United States, her father, John H. Simmons, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Reed, was 25. She married John Allen Sessions on 26 April 1896. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Hall, Texas, United States in 1940 and Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 7 June 1953, in Sundown, Hockley, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lakeview, Hall, Texas, United States.
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- Della E Sessions, "United States 1950 Census"
- Della Sessions, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Della Simmons in entry for John Allen Sessions, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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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.
1890
Historical Boundaries: 1890: Hall, Texas, 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
English (southeastern): variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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