Brief Life History of Jessie King
When Jessie King Magruder was born on 13 June 1878, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Davenport Neel McGruder, was 35 and her mother, Charlotte King, was 28. She married Elmer F Cocklin on 10 May 1904, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 3 June 1946, in North Bend, Coos, Oregon, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, United States.
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- Jessie Magruder in household of Davenport Magruder, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Jessie King Cocklin, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
- Jessie King Cocklin, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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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.
1885
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Irene Selander BIRTH 14 Dec 1884 Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA DEATH 1885 (aged 0–1) Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Sunset Memorial Park Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon, USA MEMORIAL ID 118837677 · View Source
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.
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Scottish: variant of McGruder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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