When George Wesley Harrell was born on 12 December 1893, in Strawn, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States, his father, William Barrett Harrell, was 22 and his mother, Mattie, was 17. He married May Bird Shown on 15 November 1917, in Vale, Malheur, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Yale Election Precinct, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Yale, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 29 April 1973, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries 1905: Cassia, Idaho, United States
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
English: variant of Harold .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarghail ‘descendant of Earghal’, a variant of the personal name Fearghal (see Farrell ).
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