When John Barnett Biffle was born on 7 October 1892, in Myra, Cooke, Texas, United States, his father, James Wesley Biffle Sr., was 26 and his mother, Emma Elizabeth Mikel, was 25. He married Effie Johnson about 1924, in Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Cascade, Valley, Idaho, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1916. He died on 6 March 1944, in Yerington, Lyon, Nevada, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, 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.
Historical Boundaries: 1896: Churchill, Nevada, United States
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Americanized form of German Büffel: from late Middle High German büffel ‘buffalo’ (in some areas ‘bull’), probably appled as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name or as a nickname for a loutish person. The surname Büffel is very rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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