Brief Life History of Marion
When Marion Chaffee was born on 12 September 1894, in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States, her father, Charles Miner Chafee, was 37 and her mother, Carrie Marion Edson, was 33. She married John Virgil Dabbs in 1917, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 23 May 1973, in Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Marion C Dabbs, "United States 1950 Census"
- Marion Chafee Dabbs, "Find A Grave Index"
- Marion Chafee in entry for John Vergil Dobbs, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
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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 (of Norman origin): descriptive nickname from a derivative of Old French chauf ‘bald’ (from Latin calvus). Compare Cave .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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