Brief Life History of Thomas Coleman
When Thomas Coleman Stripling was born on 20 July 1915, in Union, Louisiana, United States, his father, Walter Franklin Stripling, was 39 and his mother, Mamie Coleman, was 26. He married Sammie Marie Cook on 16 May 1947. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Marion, Union, Louisiana, United States in 1935 and Ward Two, Union, Louisiana, United States in 1940. He died on 14 December 2004, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States.
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- Coleman Stripling in household of James T Stripling, "United States Census, 1920"
- Coleman Stripling, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
- Coleman Stripling, "Find A Grave Index"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Stribling .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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