Brief Life History of Linnus McKinley
When Linnus McKinley DePriest was born on 26 March 1898, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Ellis Rankin DePriest, was 53 and his mother, Louise Virginia Pyle, was 28. He married Georgia Hattie Berry on 14 December 1919. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Pine Creek Election Precinct, Shoshone, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Alaska, United States in 1976. He died in April 1976, in Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States.
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- Leniss Mc K De Past in household of Ellis R De Past, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lunnus M Depriest, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Linnus McKinley Depriest, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Flemish De Prest, itself a variant of French Deprez or one of its numerous forms. Compare Dupriest .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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