When Homer Still was born on 7 October 1897, in Cabarrus, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas William Still, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Ella Littles, was 35. He married Arabella Shepherd on 16 August 1928, in Stanly, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Albemarle Township, Stanly, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Stanly, North Carolina, United States in 1950. He died on 2 March 1992, in Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Norwood, Stanly, North Carolina, United States.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
English and German: nickname for a calm man, from Middle English, Middle High German stille ‘calm, silent, still’. The German name may also have denoted a (deaf) mute, from the same word in the sense ‘silent’.
English: variant of Stile .
English: variant of Stell .
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