Brief Life History of John Baker
When John Baker Hoover was born on 23 May 1881, in Duck River, Hickman, Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel Hoover, was 25 and his mother, Frances Polk Baker, was 20. He married Maude Johnson on 13 November 1904, in DeSoto, Dallas, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Medina, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 6, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 8 March 1954, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Rawlins Cemetery, Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- J Baker Hoover, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Baker Hoover, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John Baker Hoover, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .
Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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