Brief Life History of Nettie Leon
When Nettie Leon Reynolds was born on 21 February 1871, in Kansas, United States, her father, Joseph H. Reynolds, was 33 and her mother, Emily Drake, was 29. She married Edwin J. Sexsmith on 14 June 1910, in Shoshone, Idaho, United States. She lived in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States in 1910 and Vallejo, Solano, California, United States in 1920. She died on 24 March 1954, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Nettie L Sexsmith in household of Edwin J Sexsmith, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nettie L Sexsmith, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Nettie Leon Reynolds, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
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1872 · The First National Park
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.
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .
History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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