Brief Life History of George Monroe
When George Monroe Koonce was born on 23 January 1880, in Texas, United States, his father, George Washington Koonce, was 24 and his mother, Frances L. Cooper, was 24. He married Nettie Frances Blankenship on 8 December 1904, in Nacogdoches, Province of Texas, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 3, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 May 1940, in Nacogdoches, Province of Texas, Mexico, at the age of 60, and was buried in Swift, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.
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- Monroe Koonce, "United States Census, 1920"
- G.M. Koonce, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- George Monroe Koonce, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Kuntz or Kuhns .
Americanized form of Dutch Koens, a patronymic from Koen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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