Brief Life History of Charles E.
When Charles E. Reynolds Jr was born on 23 June 1895, in Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, Charles Emmett Reynolds, was 30 and his mother, Nancy E. May, was 30.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Charles E. May Jr - Memory of Someone: birth: 23 June 1895; Monroe, Indiana, United States
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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 · 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.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .
History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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