Brief Life History of Devellow Vernon
When Devellow Vernon Wightman was born on 24 April 1892, in Saint Clair, Churchill, Nevada, United States, his father, Charles William Wightman, was 25 and his mother, Mary Ellen Irving, was 28. He married Elsie Elizabeth Powell on 23 February 1918, in Oklahoma, United States. He lived in Churchill, Nevada, United States in 1900 and Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 11 November 1936, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, United States.
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- Dell V Wightman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Devellow Vernon Wightman, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Dell V Wightman, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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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.
1896
Historical Boundaries: 1896: Churchill, Nevada, United States
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English wight, Older Scots wicht ‘brave, strong; swift, nimble, agile’ (see Wight ) + man ‘man’, also used in Middle English as a personal name. It may sometimes have been confused with Whiteman , a variant of Whitman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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