When Thomas Henry Talley was born on 14 July 1871, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Henry Talley, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ann "Polly" Smith, was 18. He married Susan Elizabeth Redford on 11 August 1892, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 14, Williamson, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Civil District 9, Williamson, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 January 1948, in Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Franklin, Tennessee, United States.
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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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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.
English: probably a variant of Tolley .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from one or more of the places in northern France named Tailly (Somme, Ardennes). It is uncertain that this surname survived into modern times.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Taithligh ‘descendant of Taithleach’, a byname or personal name meaning ‘peaceable’. This surname is now very rare in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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