When Elizabeth Bessie Westover was born on 20 May 1904, in Butman, Butman Township, Gladwin, Michigan, United States, her father, Charles Mortimer Westover, was 45 and her mother, Josephine Matilda Cunningham, was 35. She married Amos Carl Beech on 28 August 1922, in Gladwin, Gladwin, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 12 April 1925, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Butman Township Cemetery, Butman, Butman Township, Gladwin, Michigan, United States.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
The Upper Twin Falls Bridge which connected Breitung Township, Michigan, to Florence County, Wisconsin. The through-truss bridge spanned the Menominee River and was completed in 1910. The bridge was closed to through traffic in 1971 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
English (Kent): habitational name from Westover in Somerset and the Isle of Wight, or Westovers in Sussex. The former two are both named with Old English west + ofer ‘ridge’ or ōfer ‘bank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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