Brief Life History of Eddie May
When Eddie May Wyley was born on 19 March 1898, in Georgia, United States, her father, John Franklin Wyley, was 36 and her mother, Mary Magdoline Roberson, was 30. She married James Owen Kinnon on 4 July 1914, in Putnam, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in District 1256, Ware, Georgia, United States in 1940 and Millwood, Ware, Georgia, United States in 2009. She died on 6 September 1974, in Ware, Georgia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Millwood, Ware, Georgia, United States.
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- Eddie M Wyley in household of Jno F Wyley, "United States Census, 1900"
- Eddie Kinnon, "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998"
- Addie Mae Wiley in entry for Gladine Kinnon, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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English (West Midlands, especially Shropshire): variant of Wiley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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