When Martha LaVonia Edgar was born on 17 June 1884, in Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States, her father, James Lafayette Edgar, was 21 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth McKinney, was 24. She married Joseph Harvey Wiggins on 21 April 1898, in Covington, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sanford, Covington, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Andalusia, Covington, Alabama, United States in 1930. She died on 16 January 1962, in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Babbie, Covington, Alabama, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
English: from the Middle English personal name Edgar, Adger (Old English Ēadgār, from Old English ēad ‘prosperity’ + gār ‘spear’).
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