Louisa Nora Glenn

Brief Life History of Louisa Nora

When Louisa Nora Glenn was born on 12 September 1880, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Henry Glenn, was 18 and her mother, Sarah Ann Hartley, was 22. She married Jesse Fairfield Farthing on 20 August 1899, in Watauga Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 9 January 1930, in North Wilkesboro Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Martin Bowers
1870–1956
Louisa Nora Glenn
1880–1930
Marriage: 6 March 1913
Henry Glenn Bowers
1914–1998
Sarah Louise Bowers
1915–2011
Eugene Holton Bowers
1918–1993
Sanford Martin Bowers
1920–2013
Ida Mae Bowers
1922–2008
Bonnie Truelove Mae Bowers
1925–1992

Sources (48)

  • Nora Banton in household of Robert Banton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Nora Bowers, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Nora Bowers, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the 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

Irish (Derry and Galway): from Mag Fhloinn, see McGlynn .

English: variant of Glen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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