Brief Life History of Silas Overton
When Silas Overton Sanders was born on 26 September 1893, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, his father, Martin Luther Sanders Sr, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Emaline Wood, was 29. He married Jessie Ollie Wallace on 13 June 1916, in McLennan, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1910 and Kirk, Limestone, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 3 March 1937, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 43, and was buried in Brownwood, Brown, Texas, United States.
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- S O Sanders, "United States Census, 1930"
- Silas O Sanders, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Silas Overton Sanders, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
Name Meaning
English (Devon), Dutch, and North German: variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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