Brief Life History of Floyd Elmer
When Floyd Elmer Crume was born on 22 April 1891, in Vandalia Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States, his father, William David Crume, was 41 and his mother, Margaret Ellen Woolsey, was 26. He married Zula Cinderella Halstead on 5 April 1922, in Lubbock, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lubbock, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 1, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 14 March 1985, in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States.
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- Floyd E Crume, "United States Census, 1940"
- F E Crume, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Floyd Elmer Crume, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
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
Altered form of English Croome or its variant Croom .
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Krumm or Krum .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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