Brief Life History of Dessie Alma
When Dessie Alma Hudelson was born on 7 April 1891, in Bates, Missouri, United States, her father, Joseph Bird Hudelson, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Frances Taylor, was 25. She married John Elmer Ellison on 30 April 1911, in Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Goshen, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Goshen Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 31 December 1976, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States.
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- Bessie Ellison, "United States Census, 1930"
- Dessie Huddleson Ellison, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
- Unknown, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
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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 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
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.
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Perhaps a variant of Huddleson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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