When Willie O Butler Pinson was born on 6 December 1892, in Pike, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Wesley Pinson, was 19 and his mother, Angeline Stratton, was 8. He lived in Magisterial District 7, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and John's Creek, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1910.
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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.
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.
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
English: variant of Pinchin, from the Old French personal name Pinçun, Normano-Picard Pinchon, apparently derived from Old French pinçon ‘finch’.
French: from Old French pinson ‘finch’, a nickname applied to someone who whistles or sings like a finch or to a bright and cheerful person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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