When Ira Lee Moody was born on 17 February 1893, in Personville, Limestone, Texas, United States, her father, Charles Wesley Moody, was 23 and her mother, Fannie Lee Rogers, was 18. She married Walter T Walker on 17 December 1911, in McLennan, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Limestone, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 October 1978, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mart Cemetery, Mart, McLennan, Texas, United States.
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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.
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.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
English and Irish: nickname from Middle English mody ‘proud, haughty, angry, fierce, bold, brave, or rash’ (Old English mōdig). Compare Muddiman . This English name has been established in Ireland since the late 13th century.
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