Brief Life History of Oliver Clark
When Oliver Clark Echols Jr was born on 11 April 1913, in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States, his father, Oliver Clark Echols, was 20 and his mother, Dorothy Myra 'Dollie' Lyon, was 15. He married Ola Elizabeth Waits about 1947, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States in 1940 and Fulton, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1989. He died on 26 December 1989, in Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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- Oliver C Echols in household of Oliver C Echols, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Oliver Clark Echols - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Oliver Clark Echols
- Oliver Clark Echols, "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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.
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Eccles and possibly also of German Eckels .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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