Brief Life History of Leona
When Leona Easterday was born on 28 November 1895, in Boynton, Sullivan, Missouri, United States, her father, Lorenzo Dow Easterday, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Elizabeth Pierson, was 32. She married Charles Raymond Crigler on 7 October 1912, in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Jackson Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Penn Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 13 November 1921, in Sullivan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery, Boynton, Sullivan, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Leona Esterday in household of L D Esterday, "United States Census, 1910"
- Leona Easterday Crigler, "Find A Grave Index"
- Leona Easterday in entry for Ray Crigler, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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World Events (8)
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Ostertag .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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