Brief Life History of Hughes
When Hughes Evins was born about 1894, in United States, his father, Thomas Walter Evins, was 37 and his mother, Callie Dunlap Yeiser, was 23. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Woodruff, Arkansas, United States in 1963. He registered for military service in 1916. He died on 6 August 1963, in Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Woodruff Memorial Gardens, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
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- Hughes Evins, "United States Census, 1950"
- Hughes Evins, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Hughes Evins, "Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929"
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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.
1897 · The Union Loop Elevated
The Loop was born in political scandal that combined the three elevated railways around Chicago and combined them into one. The scandal was to raise the fares for commuters so state legislators could receive more money while in office.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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Welsh: variant of Evans .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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