Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Hobbs was born on 12 February 1891, in Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States, her father, James Greenfield Blackburn Smith Hobbs, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Melvina Davis, was 31. She married Charles Ernest Stiffler on 17 December 1908, in Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Rock Creek Township, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 25 September 1954, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Mary E Stiffler in household of Charlie E Stiffler, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary E Hobbs - Government record: birth-name: Mary E Hobbs
- Mary E Hobbs, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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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.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Hobb(e), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Hobb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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