Brief Life History of Lenice Leslie
When Lenice Leslie Gilleland was born on 11 February 1884, in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States, his father, John Henry Gilleland Jr., was 25 and his mother, Mary Susan or Mollie Rutland, was 22. He married Alice Caroline Harris about 1902, in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Uvalde, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 24 January 1955, in Uvalde, Texas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Knippa, Uvalde, Texas, United States.
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- Lenise L Gilliland, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lenice Leslie Gilleland, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Lenice Leslie Gilleland, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant of Gilliland . This form of the surname is found mainly in Lancashire, England.
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