Brief Life History of Sallie Myrtle
When Sallie Myrtle Peery was born on 4 September 1893, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States, her father, Captain Thomas Peery IV, was 52 and her mother, Lora Virginia Shawver, was 23. She married William Monte Harris in 1919, in Mercer, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1935 and Kempsville District, Princess Anne, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 23 October 1970, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
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- Sally P Harris in household of William M Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sallie M Peevy, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Sallie M Peery, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Perry , taken to Ireland at the time of thePlantation of Ulster and in the Cromwellian period.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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