When Richard Samuel Purifoy was born on 21 April 1870, in Bullock, Crenshaw, Alabama, United States, his father, Dr James Head Purifoy, was 36 and his mother, Mary Amanda Womack, was 28. He married Sarah Frances Garrett on 19 April 1890, in Faulkner, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Rural, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Holland, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States in 1940. He died on 1 May 1957, in Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Holland, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Tom Green, Texas, United States 1887: Ector, Texas, United States
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.
Altered form of English Purefoy .
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