Brief Life History of Effie Jay
When Effie Jay Trantham was born on 14 May 1895, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, her father, Henry T. Trantham, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Jane Redd, was 34. She married Elmon Casper Long on 30 December 1914, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Civil District 15, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 14, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. She died on 18 January 1971, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wrights Cemetery, McBurg, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States.
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- Effie J Long in household of Elmon C Long, "United States Census, 1930"
- Effie Trantham, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Effie J Trantham Long, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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English (Derbyshire): variant of Trentham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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