Brief Life History of James Clyde
When James Clyde Coult was born on 19 January 1892, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, James Ernest Coult, was 22 and his mother, Amia Larancy Hicks, was 21. He married Matie Salisbury Ashton on 10 March 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 18 years and Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 28 February 1977, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- J Clyde Coult in household of James Ernst Coult, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Coult, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
- James Clyde Coult, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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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.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
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.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English colt ‘young horse or ass’, used for a young man or someone thought to resemble a colt in some way, or perhaps for a keeper of colts; compare Coltman .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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