Brief Life History of Janie Elisabeth
When Janie Elisabeth Henderson was born in 1873, in Georgia, United States, her father, John W Henderson, was 23 and her mother, Amanda Lila Taylor, was 20. She married Perry Hansel Little on 16 August 1904, in Pickens, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Jasper, Pickens, Georgia, United States in 1920 and District 1098, Pickens, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 16 June 1957, in Pickens, Georgia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Tate, Pickens, Georgia, United States.
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- Elisabeth Henderson in household of John Henderson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Janie Henderson, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Janie E. Little, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
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 and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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