Millard Wilson Head

Brief Life History of Millard Wilson

When Millard Wilson Head was born on 27 August 1876, in North Salem, Linn, Missouri, United States, his father, John Anthony Head, was 47 and his mother, Angeline Nance, was 41. He married Mary Ella Cordray on 9 May 1896, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in North Salem Township, Linn, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 9 August 1934, in North Salem, Linn, Missouri, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in North Salem Township, Linn, Missouri, United States.

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Millard Wilson Head
1876–1934
Mary Ella Cordray
1878–1954
Marriage: 9 May 1896
Gracie Geneva Head
1897–1953
Joseph John Head
1900–1984

Sources (13)

  • Willard W Head, "United States Census, 1920"
  • W W Head, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Willard W Head, "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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the 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: from Middle English heved, hed ‘head’ (Old English hēafod), applied as a nickname for someone with a peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or else used as a topographic name for someone who lived at the top (‘head’) of a promontory or hill, or near the source of a stream or river or the head of a valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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