Brief Life History of Barney Burnett
When Barney Burnett Ragland was born on 22 September 1890, in Smiley, Gonzales, Texas, United States, his father, James Washington Ragland, was 37 and his mother, Matilda Ann Plowman, was 35. He married Mattie A Austin on 5 September 1918, in Bexar, Texas, United States. He lived in Junction, Kimble, Texas, United States in 1930 and Commissioner's Precinct 1, Kimble, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 17 January 1968, in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Junction, Kimble, Texas, United States.
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- Barney B Rayland, "United States Census, 1930"
- Barney B Ragland, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Barney Burnett Ragland, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
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.
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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall): habitational name from Raglan (Monmouthshire), derived from the ancestor of Welsh rhag ‘before’ + glan ‘bank, shore’; ‘(place) before the bank or shore’, i.e. the bank of one of the headwaters of the stream Nant Olwy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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