When Verda Bell Jamerson was born on 5 November 1900, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, her father, Walter J. Jamerson, was 48 and her mother, Rhoda Ashby, was 40. She married Cothern Barton Pennington on 22 July 1917, in Clay, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years and Magisterial District 5 East Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 26 October 1973, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bailey Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
English: variant of Jameson . This surname is now rare in Britain.
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