When Ernest Jennings Jessee was born on 16 April 1896, in Western District, Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Dolan Kernan Jessee, was 36 and his mother, Ida Louisa Counts, was 29. He married Nora Alice Breeding on 2 March 1917, in Russell, Greer, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Turtle Creek, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Arlington, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 19 August 1982, in Vero Beach, Indian River, Florida, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, 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.
Florida played a critical role during the Spanish-American War. The port of Tampa saw the arrival of over 30,000 troops; this traffic resulted in the small town experiencing massive growth and becoming a city. Cuban-Americans across the state also helped with raising money and support for the war.
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
English: variant of Jesse , pronounced as two syllables. This surname is most common in VA.
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