Brief Life History of Sallie Smiser
When Sallie Smiser Tidwell was born on 19 July 1892, in Culleoka, Maury, Tennessee, United States, her father, James Hanner Tidwell, was 36 and her mother, Isabelle Alice Lowrance, was 30. She married John Harrison Woods on 22 October 1911, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Civil District 5, Maury, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died in December 1970, in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States.
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- Sally S Woods, "United States Census, 1950"
- Sallie S. Tidwell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sallie Smizer, entry for Carl Haber Woods, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Tideswell, a habitational name from Tideswell in Derbyshire, so named from the Old English personal name Tīdi + Old English wella ‘spring’. This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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