Brief Life History of Oakley Arthur
When Oakley Arthur Hill was born on 9 October 1902, in Louisville, Winston, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Lee Roy Hill, was 32 and his mother, Anis Mae Warner, was 30. He married Mable Clare Wright on 10 November 1924, in Louisville, Winston, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Beat 3, Winston, Mississippi, United States in 1940 and Webster, Winston, Mississippi, United States for about 1 years. He died on 31 October 1981, at the age of 79, and was buried in Louisville, Winston, Mississippi, United States.
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- Oakley Hill, "United States 1950 Census"
- O A Hill, "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Oakley Arthur Hill, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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