Brief Life History of Clifford Clayton
When Clifford Clayton Teachout was born on 4 December 1894, in Coleta, Whiteside, Illinois, United States, his father, Morton Augustas Teachout, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Jane Stanley, was 30. He married Beulah Alvera Halstead on 29 May 1917, in Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Medary, Brookings, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 March 1951, in Lakeside, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States.
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- Clifford Teachout, "South Dakota, State Census, 1925"
- Clifford C Teachout, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Clifford Clayton Teachout, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1910 · The BSA is Made
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Tietsoort, unexplained. The surname Tietsoort is no longer found in the Netherlands. Compare Tietsort and Titsworth .
History: A family of this name from Schenectady, NY, moved to Port Jervis, NY, on the Delaware River after the massacre during Leisler's Rebellion of Schenectady in 1690.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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