Brief Life History of Esther Amanda
When Esther Amanda Sharum was born on 5 September 1891, in Grapevine, Tarrant, Texas, United States, her father, Stephen Austin Sharum, was 35 and her mother, Nancy Ann Salmon, was 31. She married Nathan Harvey Bowles on 22 February 1909, in Custer, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lane, Oregon, United States in 1935 and Oleta Township, Ellis, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 8 June 1976, in Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Big Cabin, Craig, Oklahoma, United States.
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- E A Sharum in household of S A Sharum, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Ester Amanda Sharum, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Esther Amanda Sharum Bowles, "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 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
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.
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Americanized form of French Charron or, alternatively, Ducharme .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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