Brief Life History of Mattie
When Mattie Calhoun was born on 15 March 1884, in Martins Mill, Van Zandt, Texas, United States, her father, John Allen Calhoun, was 11881 and her mother, Louetta Thompson, was 11881. She married Charles Franklin Broyles on 24 January 1904, in Smith, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 8, Van Zandt, Texas, United States in 1940 and Van Zandt, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 21 May 1968, in Canton, Van Zandt, Texas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Creagleville Cemetery, Fruitvale, Van Zandt, Texas, United States.
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- Mattie Brayles, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mattie Calhoun, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Mattie Calhoun, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Colquhoun .
History: This prominent early American name was brought across the Atlantic Ocean by Scotch-Irish pioneers who entered Pennsylvania c. 1733. The American statesman John c. Calhoun (1782–1850), born in Abbeville District, SC, served in both houses of Congress, was secretary of war, and vice president of the US (1825–32).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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