When Martha "Mattie" Elvira Rush Bailey was born on 15 August 1873, in Melbourne, Izard, Arkansas, United States, her father, James Gassaway Rush, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Jane Arminda Smith Rush, was 25. She married John Jackson Bailey in 1889, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Lampasas, Texas, United States in 1940 and Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 27 January 1952, in Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Warner Cemetery, Lake Victor, Burnet, Texas, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Bosque, Texas, United States
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.
English: from Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e) ‘rush’ (Old English risc), either a topographic name for someone who lived in a rushy place, or a nickname probably denoting someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.
English: nickname from Middle English rush ‘beehive’ (probably referring to skeps woven from rushes), perhaps denoting a bee-keeper.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra due to confusion with the Irish word luachair ‘rushes’ (see Loughrey ).
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