When Elcy Louisa Hathaway was born in June 1892, in Illinois, United States, her father, James Franklin Hathaway, was 36 and her mother, Senora B Hampton, was 28. She married Alfred Cleveland McNary on 30 August 1911, in Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Township of Pleasant Vale, Pike, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Township of Cincinnati, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 14 October 1974, in New Canton, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Shearer Cemetery, New Canton, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
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.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hatewi (Old English Heathuwīg), or from ancient Germanic Hathuwic, Hadewic, all ‘war’ + ‘war, battle’.
topographic name for someone who lived at or near a road across a heath, from Middle English he(a)th ‘heath’ + wei(e) ‘way’ (Old English hǣth + weg).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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