Brief Life History of Walter Fletcher
When Walter Fletcher Westwood was born on 22 May 1890, in Mapleton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States, his father, Joseph Westwood, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Rocella Bissitt, was 16. He married Effie Mae Daniels on 15 June 1913, in Bourbon, Boone, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wayne Township, Edwards, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Dodge Township, Ford, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died on 15 December 1936, in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States.
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- Walter Westwood in household of Robert Gibson, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Water F Westwood, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Walter Fletcher Westwood, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name habitational name for someone who lived ‘by the west wood’ (Middle English west + wode), or who came from any of numerous places called Westwood (from Old English west ‘west’ + wudu ‘wood’), such as those in Kent, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, or Worcestershire.
History: William Westwood was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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