Brief Life History of Anner Agnus
When Anner Agnus Ledford was born on 26 September 1894, in Shooting Creek, Clay, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Virgil Ledford, was 38 and her mother, Marinda Missouri Berrong, was 39. She married Claude Kilpatrick on 28 January 1920, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Brasstown, Clay, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Brasstown Township, Clay, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 15 April 1972, in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hillcrest Baptist Church Cemetery, Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States.
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- Annie Ledford in household of Virge Ledford, "United States Census, 1920"
- Anna Ledford, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Annis Ledford, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name, probably from either of two places called Lydford, in Devon and Somerset. The first is named with the river name Lyd (from Old English hl̄de ‘noisy stream’) + Old English ford, i.e. ‘ford over the Lyd river’. Lydford in Somerset was named ‘ford over the noisy stream’, from Old English hl̄de + ford.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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