When Allsa T Jones was born on 27 April 1887, in Lanham, Hamilton, Texas, United States, his father, William Wesley "West" Jones, was 31 and his mother, Matilda Rebecca Pearson, was 27. He married Alma Rose Martin on 30 January 1917, in Hamilton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Hamilton, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 1, Hamilton, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 May 1970, in Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States.
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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.
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.
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.
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
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