When John Berry Adcock was born on 13 November 1870, in Alabama, United States, his father, Dr Jeremiah Burson Adcock, was 22 and his mother, Lurena Frances Abbett, was 17. He married Loretta Jane Gray on 1 December 1896, in Timpson, Shelby, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Police Jury Ward 4, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States in 1910 and Bernice, Union, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 September 1937, in El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Spearsville, Union, Louisiana, 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.
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
Bauxite a rock with relatively high aluminum content, is the main source of aluminum for the world. When it was discovered in Arkansas it changed the state. The city of Bauxite, Arkansas was the site of the discovery.
English: from the Middle English personal name Adecoc, one of the many pet forms of Adam , with the hypocoristic suffix -coc/-cok.
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