Brief Life History of Sylvester
Sylvester Grounds was born on 23 December 1897, in Blue Ridge, Collin, Texas, United States. He had at least 2 sons with Sadie Anna Fields. He lived in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 2, Dallam, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 26 February 1957, in Redmond, Crook, Oregon, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Redmond, Crook, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Sylvester Grounds in household of Daniel W Grounds, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sylvester Grounds, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sylvester Grounds in entry for Carl Winniford Grounds, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
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World Events (8)
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.
1905
Historical Boundaries - 1905: Crook, Oregon, United States; 1917: Deschutes, Oregon, United States
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English (Cheshire and Lancashire): nickname or topographic name from Middle English ground, grund ‘ground, land; basis, foundation; bottom; background; battleground’, with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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