When William Milam Bean was born on 2 February 1894, in Buna, Jasper, Texas, United States, his father, John Henry Bean Sr, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Lowe, was 21. He married Ila D'Lisha Hare on 5 July 1920, in Ford's Bluff, Jasper, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Jasper, Texas, United States for about 20 years and Jasper Land District, Texas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 December 1970, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Cunningham Cemetery, Silsbee, Hardin, Texas, United States.
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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.
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
English: nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly, amiable’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Middle English bene ‘bean’ (Old English bēan ‘beans’, a collective singular). The broad bean, Vicia faba, was a staple food in Europe in the Middle Ages. The green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, came from South America and was not introduced to Europe until the late 16th century. The word bene was commonly used to denote something of little worth, and occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for someone considered insignificant.
English: possibly a habitational or topographic name. Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames, cites Adam del Bene of Harrogate (1351) as evidence to suggest that in the Harrogate area, where the Yorkshire name later proliferated, it may have been derived from a place where beans grew.
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