Brief Life History of Mary Ezelle
When Mary Ezelle Cooley was born on 15 March 1879, in Perry, Mississippi, United States, her father, Edward Theodore Cooley, was 30 and her mother, Pernina Amanda Runnels, was 32. She had at least 3 sons with John Westley Barnett. She lived in Beat 4, Wayne, Mississippi, United States for about 40 years. She died on 25 October 1961, at the age of 82, and was buried in Liberty Church, Wayne, Mississippi, United States.
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- Mollie Barnett, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ezel Cooley - Government record: birth-name: Mary Ezel Cooley
- Many Ezell Barnett, "Mississippi, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Irish (Galway and Clare): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chúille ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Mochúille’, a rare Clare name, or a shortened form of McCooley, a variant of McCauley .
English: perhaps a variant of Colley or Culley .
Americanized form of German Kuhle or Kühle, variants of Kuhl .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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