Brief Life History of Rosie Lee
When Rosie Lee Little was born on 28 November 1890, in Arkansas, United States, her father, Elijah Taylor Little, was 42 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth McDonald, was 33. She married William Walker Morehead on 10 June 1914, in Swink, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Wayne, McClain, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and McClain, Oklahoma, United States in 1935. She died on 5 December 1983, in Byars, McClain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Byars Cemetery, Byars, McClain, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Rosa Lee Morehead, "United States Census, 1920"
- Rosa Little, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Rosie Lee Little Morehead, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
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: nickname for a small man (if not ironic), or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English lȳtel (see Light 3).
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Began ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’, e.g. French Petit , Polish Mały (see Maly 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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