When Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" Mason was born on 31 March 1871, in Washington, Missouri, United States, her father, George Franklin Mason, was 34 and her mother, Mary Jane Laramore, was 34. She married William Jackson McClain on 22 February 1894, in Quaker, Washington, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Harmony Township, Washington, Missouri, United States for about 70 years. She died on 24 April 1959, in Bismarck, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in McClain Cemetery, Harmony Township, Washington, Missouri, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
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.
English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason, stone worker, builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon, masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.
Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone .
Altered form of French Masson .
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