When Horace Preston Howard was born on 19 September 1892, in Levita, Coryell, Texas, United States, his father, William Franklin Howard, was 24 and his mother, Samantha Ellen McGehee, was 16. He married Ora Caldonia Baker on 23 October 1920, in Hamilton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Garza, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 5, Garza, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 12 March 1959, in Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States.
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Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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.
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
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