Brief Life History of Jean B
When Jean B Easley was born on 26 May 1908, in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, her father, Dr John Preston Easley DDS, was 51 and her mother, Ruth Petronella Stephan, was 34. She married William Melvin Smith on 10 April 1942, in Fort Lewis, Pierce, Washington, United States. She lived in North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States in 1935. She died on 6 August 1985, in Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States.
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- Jean Easley in household of J P Easley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jean Easley - Government record: Social Security record: birth-name: Jean Easley
- Jean Easley, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Eisele . Compare Isley .
English: variant of Eastley, a topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’ + lei(e) ‘open land, clearing’ (Old English ēast + lēah), for someone who lived ‘at the east clearing’, or from a place so named, such as Eastleigh (Hampshire), Eastleigh in Westleigh (Devon), or Eastley Farm and Copse in Leckhampstead (Berkshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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