Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Briley was born on 6 August 1887, in New Deal, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, his father, Elisha Monroe Briley, was 18 and his mother, Martha J. Briley, was 19. He married Nora Myrtie Tate on 22 December 1907, in Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 5 June 1929, in his hometown, at the age of 41, and was buried in New Deal, Sumner, Tennessee, United States.
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- John W Briley in household of Elisha M Briley, "United States Census, 1900"
- John Briley, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- John Wesley Briley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Ó Brólaigh, see Brawley .
English: habitational name from Brilley in Bridstow (Herefordshire), a local variant of the name that usually develops as Bromley .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Brilej: nickname derived from dialect briliti ‘to shave’, hence apparently denoting a barber.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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