Brief Life History of John Frank
When John Frank Sowell was born on 30 December 1873, in Lawrenceville, Henry, Alabama, United States, his father, George Franklin Sowell, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Amy Hutto, was 20. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Frances Griffin. He lived in Election Precinct 10 Abbeville, Henry, Alabama, United States in 1940 and Henry, Alabama, United States in 1950. He died on 19 February 1955, in Abbeville, Henry, Alabama, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Abbeville, Henry, Alabama, United States.
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- John F Sowell, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Franklin Sowell, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John Franklin Sowell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1882
Historical Boundaries: 1882: Henry, Alabama, United States
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
English (Cornwall): variant of Sewell 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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