Brief Life History of George A
When George A Wilson was born in 1874, in Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Alexander Wilson, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Booth, was 22. He married Martha E Ratliff on 4 February 1895, in Sharp, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Union Township, Sharp, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Hardy Township, Sharp, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died about 1903, in Sharp, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 30.
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- G A Wilson, "United States Census, 1900"
- G H Wilson, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Legacy NFS Source: George A Wilson - Memory of Someone: death: about 1903; Sharp, Arkansas, United States
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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