Brief Life History of Grace Esther
When Grace Esther Wescott was born on 23 May 1895, in West Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, Harrison Elwin Freeman Wescott, was 38 and her mother, Julia Sophia Pelkey, was 23. She married James Henry Wright on 29 September 1911, in Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Shrewsbury, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1900 and Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1920. She died on 22 February 1960, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States.
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- Grace E Hall in household of Harry R Hall, "United States Census, 1920"
- Grace Wescot, "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Grace Esther Wescott Hall, "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.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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English (southwestern): variant of Westcott .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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