When Margaret Jane Sheffield was born on 5 December 1892, in Florida, United States, her father, Isham Sheffield, was 45 and her mother, Sallie Ann Wade, was 32. She married Robert Charles Saunders in 1935. She lived in Election Precinct 3 Bethel, Jefferson, Florida, United States in 1900 and Aucilla, Jefferson, Florida, United States in 1920. She died on 12 March 1948, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
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.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
English: habitational name principally from Sheffield (Yorkshire), but perhaps also from Sheffield Bottom in Burghfield (Berkshire), or Sheffield Park in Fletching (Sussex). The Yorkshire place takes its name from the river Sheaf, itself from Old English scēath ‘boundary’, + Old English feld ‘open country’, while the Berkshire placename derives from Old English scēo ‘shelter’ + feld. The Sussex placename comes from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + feld.
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