Brief Life History of Samuel Jackson
When Samuel Jackson McGrady was born on 1 February 1868, in Burks Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States, his father, Ira Jackson McGrady, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Jane Thomas, was 20. He married Mary Elizabeth Gardner on 10 March 1892, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Lead Mines District, Wythe, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 13 April 1946, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in McGrady Cemetery, Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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- Samuel E Mcgrady, "United States Census, 1940"
- Saml J McGrady, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Samuel J. Mcgrady, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Seamus, Liam.
Irish (Down): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Bhrádaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Brádach, from a word meaning ‘proud’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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