Brief Life History of Willis Dessie
When Willis Dessie Masterson was born on 4 June 1890, in Indian Territory, United States, his father, Sylvester Preston Masterson, was 47 and his mother, Nancy Jane Stephens, was 32. He married Lillie Mae Higgins on 5 January 1908, in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Police Jury Ward 2, Tensas, Louisiana, United States in 1930 and Vann Township, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 24 May 1954, in Akins, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Akins, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Willis D Masterson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Willis Dessie Masterson - Published information: Family genealogies: birth:
- Willis Dessie Masterson, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
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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.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English maister ‘master’ + -son. Compare Master .
Irish: in Ireland, this is usually the English name in 1 above. However, it was also adopted for Irish Mac an Mháighistir ‘son of the master’, also Anglicized as McMaster .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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