Brief Life History of Beulah B
When Beulah B Platts was born on 21 June 1884, in Plainfield, Will, Illinois, United States, her father, Emery D. Platts, was 44 and her mother, Mary A. Moss, was 40. She married Charles A. Warthen on 31 December 1901, in Will, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Lockport Township, Will, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 16 July 1967, in Lockport, Will, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Plainfield Township Cemetery, Plainfield, Will, Illinois, United States.
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- Beulah B Warthes in household of Chas B Warthes, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Beulah B Platts - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Beulah B Platts
- Beulah Platts, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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 (Yorkshire and Derbyshire): variant of Platt 1 with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Americanized form of German Platz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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