When James Oakland Wilson was born on 19 December 1892, in Salisbury Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, his father, Royal Harvey Wilson, was 35 and his mother, Mary Agnes Smith, was 24. He married Netta M. Smith on 31 March 1915, in Summit, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Rutland Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1920.
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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.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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