Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Meriwether was born on 1 February 1881, in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas Harden Dodds Meriwether, was 23 and her mother, Mary Eliza Jane Kidwell, was 19. She married Taylor Tidwell on 22 April 1903, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 19 Mount Emmons, Duchesne, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 2 October 1956, in Duchesne, Duchesne, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Duchesne, Duchesne, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Jane Tidwell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mamie Meriwether, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Mary Jane Tidwell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
Name Meaning
English: variant of Merriweather .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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MAMIE AND TAYLOR TIDWELL
Taylor Tidwell was born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah October 30, 1871 a son of William Nelson and Mary Elizabeth Reynolds Tidwell. William Nelson and Mary joined the Mormon Church in Indiana and came to Uta …
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