When Herman Boyd Silvey was born on 10 June 1900, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, his father, Charles Oscar Silvey, was 26 and his mother, Ollie Alice Baugh, was 22. He married Nancy Aileen Kennedy on 20 July 1921. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 2, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 6 June 1974, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dunmor, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
English: perhaps from the Middle English personal name Silveyn, with loss of final -n; see Selwyn 2. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Selvy .
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