When Francis Marion McPherson was born on 26 October 1890, in Almartha, Ozark, Missouri, United States, his father, George W Mc Pherson, was 22 and his mother, Catherine "Winnie" Fry, was 18. He married Esther Tillie Hill on 20 December 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and Downey Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 21 February 1981, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 90.
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Historical Boundaries: 1893: Riverside, California, United States
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.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain ‘son of the parson or priest’ (see Parsons ).
History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan, part of the Chattan confederation, the founder of which is believed to have been a man named Muireach or Murdo Cattenach, priest of Kingussie in Badenoch in the 9th century.
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