Brief Life History of Mable Clare
When Mable Clare Wright was born on 23 November 1905, in Louisville, Winston, Mississippi, United States, her father, James Roscoe Wright, was 37 and her mother, Daisey Dean Schooler, was 18. She married Oakley Arthur Hill on 10 November 1924, in Louisville, Winston, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Beat 3, Winston, Mississippi, United States in 1940 and Webster, Winston, Mississippi, United States in 1950. She died on 28 November 1981, at the age of 76.
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- Mable Hill, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mrs O A Hill, "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Mabel Clara, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1925 · B.B. King is Born
B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bean, Mississippi. He was a famous American blues singer, electric guitarist, and record producer. In 1987, he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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