Brief Life History of Pearl
When Pearl Mayes was born on 26 December 1882, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, her father, John Henry Mayes, was 23 and her mother, Angeline Galloway, was 21. She married William Wright on 4 November 1897, in Madison, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 22 November 1953, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Pearl Wright, "United States Census, 1900"
- Pearl Mayes, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Pearl Mayes Wright, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: variant of May 1, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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