Brief Life History of Stanley Boyd
When Stanley Boyd Higley was born on 21 July 1885, in Viola Center, Audubon, Iowa, United States, his father, George Newell Higley, was 26 and his mother, Ada Janette 'Nettie' Shaffer, was 23. He married Dollie Elizabeth Waychoff on 2 June 1908, in Dickinson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Viola Township, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 4 June 1915, in Ada, Norman, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States.
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- Stanley B Higley in household of George N Higley, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: Boyd Higley - Published information: birth-name: Boyd Higley
- Boyd Higley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1893 · The Minnesota State Flag
The Flag of Minnesota was adopted on August 2 and consists of scenes from the seal of Minnesota. The flag has been modified over the years to be easier to manufacture.
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: habitational name from Highley (Shropshire), recorded as Hugelei in 1086, from an Old English personal name Hugga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The modern form Highley is probably due to folk etymology (see Highley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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