Brief Life History of George E.
When Rev. George E. Persons Sr. was born on 12 July 1887, in Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States, his father, William Edwin Persons, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Ann McVicker, was 34. He married Lenora Callahan on 11 October 1910, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. He died in Franklin, Ohio, United States.
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- George E Persons, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Pearson, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- George Persons, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
Perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Persoons, Persoens, a patronymic from Middle Dutch persoon ‘parson’, probably denoting the servant of a parish priest, or possibly an altered form of English Parsons .
English (Wiltshire and Yorkshire): variant of Parsons . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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