Brief Life History of Bates Elbert
When Bates Elbert Roush was born on 30 September 1893, in Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, Clifton Ransom Roush, was 34 and his mother, Harriet Francis Drew, was 29. He married Dora Lena Reynolds on 15 March 1918, in Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Van Buren Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Kuna Election Precinct, Ada, Idaho, United States for about 15 years. In 1940, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as farmer in Kuna Election Precinct, Ada, Idaho, United States. He died on 4 August 1970, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Joplins Cemetery, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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- Bates E Roush, "United States 1950 Census"
- Bates Elbert Roush, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Bates E Roush, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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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.
1911
Historical Boundaries 1911: Canyon, Idaho, United States
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.
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Altered form of German Rausch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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