Brief Life History of Mary Lee Ada
When Mary Lee Ada Gearhart was born on 18 October 1887, in Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States, her father, Floyd Washington Gearheart, was 31 and her mother, Lydia Patra Perdue, was 26. She married Eppa Lorenzo Shockey on 31 December 1902, in Floyd, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Giles, Virginia, United States in 1920 and Narrows, Giles, Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 16 November 1953, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Narrows, Giles, Virginia, United States.
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- Mary L A Shockey in household of *Ppa L Shockey, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ada Gearheart, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
- Ada M. Gearhart, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1888 · Washington Monument Completed
The Washington Monument designed by Robert Mills, was completed and opens to the public on October 9, 1888.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Gerhardt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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