Brief Life History of Minnie May
When Minnie May Sweatt was born on 9 February 1882, in McLennan, Texas, United States, her father, William Green Sweatt, was 28 and her mother, Mary Lucinda Cinderella Williams, was 26. She married Wesley Emzire McCoy on 3 July 1898. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States for about 15 years and Mountain Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 15 September 1968, in Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Minnie M McCoy, "United States Census, 1900"
- Minnie May Sweatt, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Minnie M Mccoy, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
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English: variant of Sweet .
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