Brief Life History of William Ludlow
When William Ludlow Richards was born on 26 July 1876, in Belton, Bell, Texas, United States, his father, George Daniel Richards, was 56 and his mother, Amanda Gideon Ellis, was 37. He married Marzie Vida Raborn on 8 May 1898. They were the parents of at least 12 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 6, Bell, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 24 February 1950, in Temple, Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Pendleton, Bell, Texas, United States.
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- W L Richardson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Willie Richard, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Willie Ludlow Richards, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1881
Historical Boundaries: 1881: Bell, Texas, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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