Sarah Minna Willmon

Brief Life History of Sarah Minna

When Sarah Minna Willmon was born on 12 October 1892, in Scottsboro, Jackson, Alabama, United States, her father, Lorenzo Argile Stockton, was 38 and her mother, Mary Jane Perry, was 34. She married Earl Leslie Parks on 14 July 1912, in Delta, Texas, United States. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Delta, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 4, Delta, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 23 June 1978, in Wynnewood, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wynnewood, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States.

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Earl Leslie Parks
1889–1965
Sarah Minna Willmon
1892–1978
Marriage: 14 July 1912

Sources (4)

  • Minnie S Stockton in household of Mary J Stockton, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Minnie Stockton, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"
  • Sarah Stockton Farr, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

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.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Willman .

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

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