Brief Life History of Alvin Stewart
When Alvin Stewart Hughes was born in 1891, in Polk, Nebraska, United States, his father, John David Hughes, was 21 and his mother, Hattie Mae Bennett, was 15. He married Dortha Dean O'Howell on 13 June 1916, in Maryville, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Grant Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 18 August 1962, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States.
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- Alvin S Hughes in household of John D Hughes, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alvin Stewart Hughes, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Alvin S Hughes, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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