Brief Life History of Fonza Scott
When Fonza Scott Carroll was born on 22 May 1894, in Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Alphonsus Scott Carroll, was 45 and his mother, Mary Dolores McGrath, was 34. He married Emily Elizabeth "Bess" Frazier on 25 November 1915, in Blaine, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Frisco Township, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years and Canadian, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 15 December 1965, in Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Perryman Cemetery, Forestburg, Montague, Texas, United States.
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- Fonzo Carroll in household of Scot Carroll, "United States Census, 1900"
- F S Carroll, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Fonza Scott Carroll, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
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
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Cearbhaill or Mac Cearbhaill ‘descendant (or son) of Cearbhall’, a personal name perhaps based on cearbh ‘hacking’ and hence originally a byname for a butcher or a fierce warrior.
English and Scottish: variant of Carrell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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