When Dethena Akers was born on 23 June 1894, in Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States, her father, Edward Ray Akers, was 30 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth or Alice Powell, was 20. She married Homer Fayette Stephenson on 14 October 1911, in Henry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Wright, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Gasconade Township, Wright, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 11 November 1963, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Norwood, Wright, Missouri, 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.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Ackers .
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