Brief Life History of Sammy J.
When Sammy J. Harless was born on 24 August 1893, in Nevada, Collin, Texas, United States, his father, Henry Wilson Harless, was 39 and his mother, Julia Ann Jones, was 25. He died on 10 August 1894, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Bear Creek Cemetery, Nevada, Collin, Texas, United States.
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- Samie Harless, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
Name Meaning
German: probably a variant of Harlass or Harles, dialect forms for a hornet (Middle High German harliss and horniss), a nickname for a person with a stinging disposition.
English: probably a variant of (H)arliss, a nickname from Middle English earles ‘earless’, probably denoting someone who was deaf rather than one literally without ears.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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