Brief Life History of Marshall Threefoot
When Marshall Threefoot Watkins was born on 26 December 1908, in Dixon, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Walter Watkins, was 22 and his mother, Verna Leonad Herrington, was 19. He lived in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States in 1940 and Beat 4, Jackson, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died on 30 September 1999, in Rankin, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Pelahatchie, Rankin, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Marshall T Watkins, "United States Census, 1940"
- M T Watkins in entry for Anita Watkins, "Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957"
- Marshel Watkins in household of James W Watkins, "United States Census, 1930"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1916 · Mississippi State Sanatorium for TB is Established
The Mississippi State Sanatorium is a hospital used for tuberculosis patients. This lasted from 1918 to the 1950s. The Sanatorium has now been turned into a museum.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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