When Lillie Charlotte Turner was born on 12 August 1879, in Delta, Texas, United States, her father, Paschal Turner, was 39 and her mother, Mary T. Ray, was 39. She married George Alpheus Mcgee on 16 February 1907, in Mitchell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Delta, Texas, United States for about 20 years and Otero, New Mexico, United States in 1920. She died on 9 December 1925, in Deport, Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Deport, Lamar, Texas, United States.
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Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Historical Boundaries 1883: Lamar, Texas, United States.
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.
English: occupational name from Middle English t(o)urnour, turner ‘turner’ (Old French to(u)rn(e)our), mainly denoting someone who fashioned small objects of wood, metal, or bone on a lathe, but also a variety of other occupations, including turnspit and translator or interpreter. This surname may have become confused with Toner . In North America, it is also very common among African Americans.
English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English turn-hare, a compound of Middle English tournen ‘to turn, direct, steer’ + hare ‘hare’, a name for someone in charge of the greyhounds in hare coursing or an exaggerated compliment for someone who could run fast. See also Turnbull .
English: perhaps also from Middle English t(o)urn(e)our ‘jouster, one who takes part in a tournament’ (Old French tornoieor, tournoieur).
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