Brief Life History of Altha Mae
When Altha Mae Phillips was born on 13 March 1891, in Soldiers Grove, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Elijah Abraham Phillips, was 28 and her mother, Clara E Purington, was 25. She married Ray Wesley Parker in December 1906, in Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Floyd, Iowa, United States in 1910 and United States in 1949. She died on 8 May 1982, in Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States.
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- Altha M Herman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Altha May Phillips, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Altha Herman, "Iowa, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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.
1907
In early years Soldiers Grove depended on Kickapoo River for timber rafting & hydropower for flour & lumber mills. Village's proximity to river became liability in early twentieth century when major floods began to afflict settlement. Significant flooding occurred in 1907, 1912, 1917, & 1935. Following these incidents, Soldiers Grove & other communities petitioned Congress to provide funds for flood control project. Despite another major flood in 1951 Congress did not agree until 1962 when it authorized a project that included levees & flood control dam on Kickapoo River upstream of Soldiers Grove near La Farge, Wisconsin. Owing to environmental concerns, construction of dam was halted in 1975 & never finished. In 1974 floodplain zoning ordinance had taken effect in Soldiers Grove prohibiting new construction & severely limiting maintenance options near river & crippling downtown area.
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, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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