Brief Life History of Joseph absalom Alfred
When Joseph absalom Alfred Peacock was born in October 1893, in Cobb, Sumter, Georgia, United States, his father, Peyton Oscar Peacock, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Villula Moss, was 28. He married Rosamond Allen on 16 March 1929, in Shelby, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in District 895, Cobb, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Fulton, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 March 1967, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73.
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- Joseph Peacock, "United States Census, 1940"
- J A Peacock, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Joseph A Peacock in entry for Joseph A Peacock, Jr, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
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 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pecock, pacok, pocok, Old English pēacocc ‘peacock’. It could be used as a personal name or as a nickname for one ‘as proud as a peacock’. Compare Paw , Pay . This surname is widespread in England and southern Scotland, and is also established in Ireland. Compare Pea .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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