Brief Life History of Bennie
When Bennie Wallace was born in February 1883, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Levi Jeff Wallace, was 46 and his mother, Oney Elizabeth McRee, was 37. He lived in Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States in 1900.
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- Bennie Wallace in household of Onie E Wallace, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bennie Wallace - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Bennie Wallace
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1888 · Bauxite Mining Began
Bauxite a rock with relatively high aluminum content, is the main source of aluminum for the world. When it was discovered in Arkansas it changed the state. The city of Bauxite, Arkansas was the site of the discovery.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant of Wallis , especially in Scotland, where the name was introduced from the Welsh Marches by a family of tenants of the Stewarts in the 12th century.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, e.g. Wallach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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