Brief Life History of William Lester
When William Lester Bagley was born on 25 August 1891, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, William Bagley, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Jane Godfrey, was 19. He married Josephine Burton on 3 April 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election District 2, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1940 and Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1950. He died on 12 May 1978, in Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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- William L Bagley, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Lester Bagley, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- William Lester Bagley, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"
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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.
1911
Historical Boundaries 1885 Uinta, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Uinta, Wyoming, United States 1911: Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Baguley in Cheshire or from any of several places called Bagley, in Devon, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Yorkshire. These get their names either from the Old English personal name Bacga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ or from an unattested Old English word, bagga, for a ‘bag-shaped’ object or creature + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Memorial William Lester Bagley 1891 - 1978
Birth: Jul. 25, 1891 Montpelier Bear Lake County Idaho, USA Death: May 12, 1978 Afton Lincoln County Wyoming, USA William Lester BAGLEY is the son of William BAGLEY and Eliza Jane GODFREY William Le …
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