Brief Life History of Ruth E
When Ruth E Sharp was born on 14 October 1894, in Mississippi, United States, her father, John H. Sharp, was 28 and her mother, Martha Mattie E. Howell, was 26. She married Van Eaton Nunnery on 29 September 1920. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Liberty, Amite, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 7 June 1983, at the age of 88, and was buried in Liberty, Amite, Mississippi, United States.
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- Ruth E Sharp, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ruth Sharp Nunnery, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Ruth E Sharp Nunnery, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1925 · B.B. King is Born
B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bean, Mississippi. He was a famous American blues singer, electric guitarist, and record producer. In 1987, he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English sharp(e) ‘sharp, quick, smart, acute, keen-witted’ (Old English scearp).
Irish: when not the English or Scots name in 1 above, an Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Scharf ‘sharp-cutting’ or of any of several other European names with similar meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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