When Walter James Driggers was born on 20 April 1894, in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States, his father, Walter Andrew Driggers, was 27 and his mother, Melissa Jane Simmons, was 22. He married Mattie Lou Hagins on 7 September 1920, in Spur, Dickens, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Dickens, Texas, United States in 1930 and Commissioner's Precinct 3, Dickens, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 10 June 1962, in Spur, Dickens, Texas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Spur, Dickens, Texas, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1907: Dickens, Texas, United States
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Possibly an Americanized form of German Draeger , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
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