Brief Life History of Ottis Leon
When Ottis Leon Larey was born on 2 August 1894, in Miller, Arkansas, United States, his father, Roland Lee Larey, was 28 and his mother, Mary Cathron Smith, was 23. He married Sarah Lettie Scoggins on 10 January 1912, in Miller, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Beech Township, Miller, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years and Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States in 1923. He died on 7 September 1987, in Fouke, Miller, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Fouke Cemetery, Fouke, Miller, Arkansas, United States.
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- Otis L Laney, "United States Census, 1930"
- Otis Laney, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Ottis Leon Larey, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Pedro, Adolfo, Alicia, Armando, Ascencion, Conrado, Fortino, Guadalupe, Juan, Juana, Leandro, Lino.
Spanish (Lárez):
probably a variant of Lares .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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