Brief Life History of Jasper Amos
When Jasper Amos James was born on 28 February 1890, in Coryell, Texas, United States, his father, Morgan Green Lee James, was 21 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Gober, was 18. He married Nola Nome Bailey on 25 November 1906, in Mills, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in McCulloch, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 3, Mills, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 27 July 1952, in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens, Tom Green, Texas, United States.
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- Jasper A James, "United States Census, 1940"
- Jasper Amos James, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Jasper Amos James, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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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.
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.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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