Brief Life History of Leora
When Leora Poole was born on 28 September 1887, in Solsberry, Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Warren Poole, was 42 and her mother, Ella Pethtel, was 41. She married Carl Campbell Godsey on 25 April 1906, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She died on 1 January 1988, in Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States, at the age of 100, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States.
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- Leora Godsey in household of Carl Godsey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Leora Poole, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Leora Godsey, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pol(e), polle, poul(e) ‘pool, pond’ (Old English pōl). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by a pool, or habitative, from a place so named.
English: variant of Paul .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Puhl or Pfuhl(e) (see Pool 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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