Brief Life History of Ruel Bernard
When Ruel Bernard Caraway was born in 1913, in Oklahoma, United States, his father, Edward Jackson Caraway, was 41 and his mother, Mary Turnbull, was 28. He married Marie Faye Downer on 8 May 1959, in Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States. He lived in Kemp, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Claudell, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States in 1930. He died in August 1969, in Carter, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Kemp, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Ruel B Caraway in household of Edward J Caraway, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ruel Bernard Caraway - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Ruel Bernard Caraway
- Bernard Caraway, "United States Social Security Death Index", 1969
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1917 · The Green Corn Rebellion
A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English carewei ‘caraway’ (Old French carvi, caroi), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for a spice merchant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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