Brief Life History of Margaret Kathryn
When Margaret Kathryn Prescott was born on 9 March 1924, in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, her father, Wilbur Arthur Prescott, was 25 and her mother, Clara Belle Jones, was 31. She married Otis Monroe Sullivan on 26 December 1943, in Jefferson, Mississippi, United States. She lived in Centerville, Elbert, Georgia, United States in 1930 and District 189, Elbert, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 15 February 2005, in Suffolk, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States.
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- Kathryn Prescott in household of Wilbur Prescott, "United States Census, 1940"
- Margaret Kathryn Prescott Sullivan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret Kathryn Prescott in entry for Otis Maurne Sullivan, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington
The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.
History: John Prescott of Standish, Lancaster, England, arrived in NewEngland in 1640 and in 1643 was one of the first settlers ofLancaster, MA. His descendants include several prominent Americans ofthe revolutionary war, including Samuel Prescott, born in Concord, MA,in 1751, whose fame lies in completing the midnight ride of warning in1775 after Paul Revere was captured.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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