Brief Life History of Meltiar Hatch
When Meltiar Hatch Barnhurst was born on 24 February 1893, in Hatch, Garfield, Utah, United States, his father, Samuel James Barnhurst, was 32 and his mother, Laura Ann Hatch, was 23. He married Cassie Merle Anderson on 22 September 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Mohave, Arizona, United States in 1920. In 1942, at the age of 49, his occupation is listed as self employed in Hatch, Garfield, Utah, United States. He died on 31 December 1967, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hatch, Garfield, Utah, United States.
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- Metliar Hatch Barnhurst, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Metliar H. Barnhurst, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Meltiar Hatch Barnhurst, "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.
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. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Barnhurst in Tettenhall (Staffordshire). Recorded as Barndehurst in 1317, the place is named with Middle English barnde, barnt ‘burnt’ + hurst ‘wooded hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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