When Margie Bell Vance was born on 16 January 1891, in Elmwood, Smith, Tennessee, United States, her father, James Laton Vance, was 24 and her mother, Louella Holleman, was 25. She married James Auze Glover on 15 December 1907, in Smith, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Civil District 16, Smith, Tennessee, United States for about 40 years. She died on 5 April 1968, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Smith County Memorial Gardens, Carthage, Smith, Tennessee, United States.
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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.
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.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Scottish: apparently a spelling pronunciation of Vans, a misreading of Vaus (see Vause ), in which -u- has been miscopied as -n-. If true, it is probably limited to the Vans or Vaus family of Wigtownshire. It may be this surname that appears in Ireland from the early 17th century, especially in Ulster, but it could alternatively be the English name in 2 below.
English: if not a transcription error for Vause (a surname well evidenced in Warwickshire and Leicestershire), a variant of Vann , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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