When Marvin Paul McKee was born on 1 January 1887, in Shelby, Texas, United States, his father, Francis Vigo McKee, was 25 and his mother, Martha A. Vaughn, was 19. He had at least 1 son with Marguerite Seldon Ellington. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Shelby, Texas, United States in 1900. He died on 14 August 1909, in DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Center, Shelby, Texas, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
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.
Irish (northern): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha or Mac Aoidh ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’. Thus, this name has the same origin as McKay , McGee , McCoy , and McHugh .
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