When Georgia Lenora Gillespie was born on 2 February 1872, in Upshur, Texas, United States, her father, George Patterson Gillespie, was 27 and her mother, Elvira Fletcher Gordon, was 21. She married John Thomas Nichols on 15 January 1894, in Hopkins, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Wilson, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 1, Wilson, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 3 January 1950, in San Marcos, Hays, Texas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Floresville, Wilson, Texas, United States.
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A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Scottish and Irish (Donegal): shortened Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, borrowed into Irish as Mac Giolla Easpaig, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of the bishop’.
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