Brief Life History of John Woodrow
When John Woodrow Sewell was born on 4 October 1879, in Madison, Tennessee, United States, his father, Pleasant Perry Sewell, was 23 and his mother, Lucy Jane Elizabeth Kirby, was 19. He married Eula Inez Catherine Deering in January 1901, in Wise, Van Zandt, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Montague, Montague, Texas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 16 September 1954, in Nocona, Montague, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Saint Jo, Montague, Texas, United States.
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- John W Sewell, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Sewell, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- John Woodard Sewell, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Siwal(d), Sewal(d), Old English Sigeweald, from sige ‘victory’ + weald ‘rule(r)’, or the corresponding Old Norse Sigvaldr. This name later became thoroughly confused with Sewal(d), from Old English Sǣweald (see Sewall ).
habitational name from one or more places, such as Sewell (Bedfordshire), Seawell (Northamptonshire), Sywell (Northamptonshire), Showell in Steeple Barton (Oxfordshire), Showell in Little Tew (Oxfordshire), or Sowell in Kentisbeare (Devon), all meaning ‘seven springs’ (Old English seofon + wella). Compare Seawell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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