Brief Life History of Alfred Councill
When Alfred Councill Ward was born on 11 June 1890, in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Ward, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Anne Cameline Harmon, was 40. He married Mary Millie Trivette on 4 January 1913, in Watauga Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Beaverdam Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 10 January 1959, in Reese, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Reese, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.
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- Councill Ward, "United States 1950 Census"
- Alfred Councill Ward, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- A C Ward, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).
English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.
Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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