Brief Life History of Edwin Henry
When Edwin Henry Lott was born on 7 December 1895, in Richland Township, Ottawa, Kansas, United States, his father, Peter Thomas Jefferson Lott, was 52 and his mother, Fila Delcena Crow, was 36. He married Evelyn Louise McClellan on 23 February 1929. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Garfield Township, Ottawa, Kansas, United States in 1940 and Fountain Township, Ottawa, Kansas, United States in 1950. He died in October 1987, in Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Ottawa, Kansas, United States.
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- Henery Lott, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edwin Henry Lott, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Edwin Henry Lott, "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.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English female name Lot(e) (Latinized as Lota), probably a pet form of such names as Allot (from Alice), Amelot or Emelot (from Ameline), Ellot (from Ellen), and Gillota (from Gillian).
English: from Middle English lot(t)e ‘lot, portion’ (Old English hlot), in the sense of an allotted share of land, hence a status name for someone who held such a plot.
German: from a pet form of Ludwig .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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