Brief Life History of Earnest
When Earnest Dixon was born on 15 March 1893, in Pope, Arkansas, United States, his father, Houston Dixon, was 28 and his mother, Lois Ann or Lou Ann Jackson, was 19. He lived in Gum Log Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died in 1907, in Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States.
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- Earnest Dixon in household of Huse Dixon, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ernest Dixon, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dickson , a patronymic from the personal name Dick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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