Brief Life History of Bascom Delong
When Bascom Delong Bankston was born on 24 October 1881, in Jasper, Mississippi, United States, his father, William Grady Bankston, was 29 and his mother, Virginia Helen Smith, was 28. He married Jennie Parish on 16 December 1910, in Jones, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Beat 1, Jasper, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States for about 30 years. He died in August 1976, at the age of 94, and was buried in Stringer, Jasper, Mississippi, United States.
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- Bascom D Bankston, "United States Census, 1940"
- B D Bankston, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Bascom Delong Bankston, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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
Americanized form of Swedish Bengtsson . Compare Bankson .
History: Andrew Bankston, alias Anders Bengtsson, came to New Sweden on the Delaware river in 1656; he died in Philadelphia, PA, in 1706.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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