When Addison Simpson Dyson was born on 3 August 1890, in Haven, Reno, Kansas, United States, his father, William Cicero Dyson, was 28 and his mother, Clara Ellen Wilcox, was 17. He married Ella C Mecklenburg on 22 June 1914, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tenino, Thurston, Washington, United States in 1930 and Tenino Election Precinct 3, Thurston, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 10 November 1982, in Shelton, Mason, Washington, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Tenino, Thurston, Washington, 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.
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English: metronymic meaning ‘son of Dye’, from the Middle English female personal name Dye . The name is also sometimes interchanged with Tyson .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Disen: habitational name from a farm name found in several places in eastern Norway, a compound of Old Norse dís ‘woman, goddess’ + -en from vin ‘meadow’. Compare Deason 2.
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