Brief Life History of Lois
When Lois Overfield was born on 16 July 1895, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, her father, Gould Overfield, was 28 and her mother, Minnie Rigdon, was 25. She died on 17 August 1897, in Rush Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Milford Center, Union, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Lois Overfield, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Lois Overfield, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- Lois Overfield, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the ‘upper field’, from Middle English over ‘upper, higher’ + feld ‘field’ (Old English uferra, feld), or a habitational name from any place so named, such as Overfield Farm in Allexton (Leicestershire).
Americanized form of German Oberfeld , a cognate of 1 above, and possibly also of Dutch Overveld (see Overfelt ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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