When Lewis Wyatt was born on 23 June 1892, in Piney Grove, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Wyatt, was 40 and his mother, Amy Meadors Wyatt, was 31. He married Roxie Jane Mayfield on 11 May 1925, in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Magisterial District 1, Whitley, Kentucky, United States in 1940 and Whitley City, Whitley, Kentucky, United States for about 1 years. He died on 4 January 1965, in Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, 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.
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
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from the Middle English personal names Wiot or Wiet. These are often pet forms of Wy, from ancient Germanic Wido (see Guy , compare Wyand 1). Wy is the usual Norman French form of the name; the Parisian French form is Guy. Wiot was also used as a diminutive of William . As a surname Wyot(t) became Wyatt during the 16th century.
in Suffolk, this is sometimes a variant of Wyard, from the Middle English personal name Wiard, which is generally from Old English Wīgheard, which is composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’ + heard ‘bold, brave’. Occasionally it may be from Old French Wiard, ancient Germanic Withard (see Viard ).
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