Brief Life History of Joseph "Joe" Fred
When Joseph "Joe" Fred Wiggins was born on 7 July 1894, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Robert Lee Wiggins, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Sue Wagoner, was 26. He married Bettie Ruth Snow Smith on 10 May 1914, in Moore, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Tracy City, Grundy, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 15 September 1971, in Grundy, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, United States.
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- Fred Wiggins in household of Robt Wiggins, "United States Census, 1900"
- Fred Wiggins, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Fred Wiggins, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Wiggin with the addition of genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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