Brief Life History of Berry William Jennings
When Berry William Jennings Still was born on 24 July 1880, in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Daniel Still, was 29 and his mother, Caroline Nix, was 22. He married Arie Victoria Grubbs on 11 December 1899, in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Georges Creek Township, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Blackville Township, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 July 1964, in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Reedy Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States.
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- B W J Still, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Berry William James Still - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Berry W. Still
- Berry W J Still, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English and German: nickname for a calm man, from Middle English, Middle High German stille ‘calm, silent, still’. The German name may also have denoted a (deaf) mute, from the same word in the sense ‘silent’.
English: variant of Stile .
English: variant of Stell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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