Brief Life History of Zenobia Nobie
When Zenobia Nobie Pillow was born on 16 September 1878, in Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States, her father, Willis Alexander Pillow, was 47 and her mother, Elizabeth McFadden, was 42. She married George B Marbery on 4 March 1897, in Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Civil District 7, Henry, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Henry, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 7 September 1932, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Henry, Tennessee, United States.
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- Zenobia Marbrey in household of G B Marbrey, "United States Census, 1920"
- Nobie Pillaw (Unknown), "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
- Nobie Marbery, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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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
English: nickname from Middle English pillowe, pillewe, pelo(w)e ‘pillow, cushion’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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