Brief Life History of Orson Vern
When Orson Vern Asay was born on 3 May 1894, in Hatch, Garfield, Utah, United States, his father, Eleazer Asay, was 19 and his mother, Amanda Permelia Hatch, was 16. He married Ella Fay Harris on 8 October 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Election District 12 Kane, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States in 1940 and Park, Wyoming, United States in 1950. He died on 20 February 1978, in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States.
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- Orson V Asay, "United States 1950 Census"
- Orson V. Assay, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Orson Vern Asay, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1909
Historical Boundaries - 1909: Park, Wyoming, United States
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Acey .
History: A certain Joseph Asay is recorded in Salem County, NJ, in 1755.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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