Brief Life History of Mary Louise Mae
When Mary Louise Mae Gerkin was born on 20 November 1878, in Bates, Missouri, United States, her father, William Harmon Gerkin, was 26 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Thomas, was 24. She married Howard Guy Smith on 9 November 1895, in Bates, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lone Oak Township, Bates, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died in July 1937, in Trenton, Christian, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Trenton, Christian, Kentucky, United States.
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- Mary L Smith in household of Howar G Smith, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary L Gerkin, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Mary Louise Gerkin Smith, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962"
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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.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
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.
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English (Middlesex) and German: variant of Gerken .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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