Alpha Belle Lemasters

Brief Life History of Alpha Belle

When Alpha Belle Lemasters was born on 8 January 1893, in Barnhill, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, her father, Joshua Lemasters, was 26 and her mother, Clara A Huff, was 22. She married Clinton Wesley Walker on 20 December 1913, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Union Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Schoenbrunn, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1950. She died on 25 January 1986, in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in East Avenue Cemetery, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clinton Wesley Walker
1891–1960
Alpha Belle Lemasters
1893–1986
Marriage: 20 December 1913
James Wesley Walker
1928–1990

Sources (12)

  • Alpha B Walker, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Alpha Lemasters, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Alpha Belle Lemasters, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Lemaster , a surname of French origin, with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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