Brief Life History of Willis Cody
When Willis Cody Pruett was born on 3 December 1891, in Aberdeen, Monroe, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Hosea Pruett, was 24 and his mother, Mary Ann Dessie Atkins, was 19. He married Hester Rebecca McAdams on 7 June 1917, in Bedias, Grimes, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1920 and Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1917. In 1946, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as nw superintendent missouri kansas texas railroad in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas. He died on 18 October 1946, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 54, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas.
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- Cody Pruett in household of J H Pruett, "United States Census, 1900"
- Willis C Pruett, "Iowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1976"
- Willis Cody Pruett, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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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.
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.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire): variant of Prewitt .
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