When Nancy Alice Greer was born on 7 May 1900, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, her father, James Madison Greer, was 34 and her mother, Martha Rebecca Rucker, was 28. She married Harvey Lucas Lay on 16 December 1920, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Civil District 22, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 5, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States for about 5 years. She died on 25 November 1983, in Smyrna, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States.
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President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Scottish (Lanarkshire): from the medieval Scottish personal name Grier, a vernacular form of Gregor (see Gregory and compare Grierson ). This form of the surname is common in Ireland as well as Scotland.
History: A Scottish family by the name of Grierson claim descent from Gilbert, a son of Malcolm MacGregor (died 1374), 11th Lord of MacGregor. Gilbert was known as both MacGregor and Gregorson. In 1400 he was granted lands by the Earl of March in the name Grierson. The numerous northern Irish bearers of the name Greer claim descent from this same Gilbert.
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