Brief Life History of John Elmer
When John Elmer Barrus was born on 9 February 1884, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Orrin Eleazer Barrus, was 38 and his mother, Emma Catherine Wilson, was 27. He died on 15 October 1915, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- John E Barrus, "United States Census, 1910"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- John Emery Barrus, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Barrows .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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