When Ollie Oliver Burnett was born on 22 June 1878, in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States, his father, George Burnett, was 28 and his mother, Emeline Burch, was 22. He married Georgia Scott Mercer on 6 October 1898, in Travis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Nueces, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 5, Nueces, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 25 December 1963, in Three Rivers, Live Oak, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Robstown, Nueces, Texas, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1886: Runnels, Texas, United States
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Scottish and Irish (Tyrone and Antrim): descriptive nickname of Norman origin, from Old French burnete, a diminutive of brun ‘brown’ (see Brown ), or possibly in some instances a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of burnete, a high quality woolen cloth, originally dark brown in color.
Probably also an altered form of English Barnett .
In some cases also an altered form of French Burnet ; compare Burnette .
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