Brief Life History of Hal Bryan
When Hal Bryan McComas was born on 20 March 1897, in Branchland, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, his father, John Alexander McComas Jr, was 43 and his mother, Victoria A. Snodgrass, was 34. He had at least 1 daughter with Josa Midkiff. He lived in Sheridan District, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Carroll District, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 1 April 1968, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Midkiff Cemetery, West Hamlin, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.
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- Bune H Mccornus in household of John A Mccornus, "United States Census, 1900"
- Hal Bryan Mccomas, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Hal Mccomas, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1911
With rail tycoon Collis P. Huntington’s establishment of his new town on the Ohio just downstream from Guyandotte in 1871, the economic fortunes of Guyandotte began a steady decline. In 1911 the citizens voted (260 to 70) to become part of Huntington.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thómais ‘son of Thomas ’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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