Brief Life History of Wesley Snipes
When Wesley Snipes Warren was born on 2 October 1871, in Center Star, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, his father, William Edward Warren, was 45 and his mother, Nancy Jane Lanier, was 35. He married Mahala Octavia Summit on 23 September 1900, in Montgomery, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 4 Cross Roads, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1880 and Ouachita Township, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 19 December 1946, in Sims, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sims Township, Montgomery, Arkansas, United States.
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- Wesly S Warren, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wesley Warren - Published information: birth-name: Wesley Warren
- Wesley S Warren, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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Historical Boundaries: 1880: Montgomery, Arkansas, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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