When Valerie Octavia Purkey was born on 17 October 1880, in Wise, Wise, Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Lowrey Purkey, was 33 and her mother, Martha Jane Cox, was 27. She married James Pentecostal Wheatley on 8 June 1899, in Wise, Wise, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1880 and Gladeville, Wise, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 14 April 1935, in Coeburn, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Wise Cemetery, Wise, Wise, Virginia, United States.
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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.
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate 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.
Variant of Burkey , a surname of Swiss German origin (see Burki ).
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