When Jesse Alice Yearns was born on 26 August 1888, in Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska, United States, her father, James Andrew Yearns, was 28 and her mother, Enda May Otis, was 17. She married Thomas Marion Nelson on 23 November 1904, in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Laurel, Yellowstone, Montana, United States in 1900 and Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States in 1920. She died on 29 May 1963, in Polson, Lake, Montana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Polson, Lake, Montana, United States.
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Montana is 41st state.
Montana gained statehood on November 8, 1889, and became the 41st state to enter the union. Helena was also made the state capital at the same time.
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Scottish: habitational name from the district of The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, or from Mearns in Renfrewshire. The placenames derive from Gaelic An Mhaoirne ‘the Stewartry, area under the jurisdiction of a steward’, and is also known to have been adopted in Ireland for Ó Mearáin, see Marron .
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