Flora Alice Lively

Brief Life History of Flora Alice

When Flora Alice Lively was born on 15 July 1889, in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States, her father, Milo L “Cool" Lively, was 34 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth Herod, was 24. She married Harden Baine Pennington about 1908, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 18 December 1978, in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harden Baine Pennington
1884–1966
Flora Alice Lively
1889–1978
Marriage: about 1908
Charles Elwood Pennington
1910–1989
Henry Milo Pennington
1911–1989
Odessa Loye Pennington
1912–2014
Barney Opal Pennington
1914–1995
Delbert Harden Pennington
1927–1988

Sources (16)

  • Flora A Pennington, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Flora Lively, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Flora Penington, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

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.

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.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English: nickname, probably from Middle English lif-holy ‘righteous, devout, saintly’. Also potentially from Middle English lifli ‘active, energetic, vigorous’, although no medieval bearers of such a name have been found.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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