Brief Life History of Clara Belle
When Clara Belle Reeves was born in August 1881, in Webster, Louisiana, United States, her father, Elijah Lafayette or Fayette Reeves, was 31 and her mother, Sallie Graham Sugg, was 36. She married Lewis Walton Looper about 1903, in Montague, Montague, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Montague, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Smith, Texas, United States in 1920. She died in August 1957, in Lindale, Smith, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Old Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell, Smith, Texas, United States.
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- Clara Reeves in household of Lafayett Reeves, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Clara Belle Reeves - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Clara Belle Reeves
- Clara Reeves, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
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.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
Name Meaning
English: variant of Reeve , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: from Middle English reve + genitival -s, for the son, daughter, wife, or servant of a reeve or of someone surnamed Reeve .
English: from Middle English atte Reves, a topographic and occupational name for someone who lived and probably worked ‘at the reeve's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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