Brief Life History of Aarel E.
When Aarel E. Sexton was born on 27 June 1891, in Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States, his father, John Arthur Sexton, was 26 and his mother, Susan Ella Mae Barber, was 23. He married Bessie May Norton on 12 February 1914, in Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Crook, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Big Bend Election Precinct, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 11 November 1974, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Lindquist's Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, South Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Aarel, "Montana, Flathead County, School Census, 1903-1969"
- Legacy NFS Source: Aarel E. Sexton - Individual or family possessions: birth: 27 June 1891; Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States
- Aarel E. Sexton, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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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.
1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens
The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Middle English sextein(e) ‘sexton’ (Old French secrestein, medieval Latin sacristanus). The sexton was originally the officer of a church in charge of the sacred vessels and vestments, but later came to denote one who looked after the churchyard and dug graves.
English: in northern England a variant of Saxton .
English: possibly a habitational name from Sexton in Ermington (Devon), recorded as Shecoteston in 1329. The placename derives from the family of Richard Sheccoc, recorded at Sexton in 1199, + Middle English toun ‘farmstead, village, settlement’. The origin of Richard Sheccoc's name is uncertain due to confusion between c and t, as seen in the name of one of his descendants, Richard Scheccote, recorded at Sexton in 1333.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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