Brief Life History of Earl William
When Earl William Mickle was born on 29 July 1895, in Madrid, Boone, Iowa, United States, his father, Marion Mickle, was 21 and his mother, Mary Eleanor Lawson, was 18. He married Mildred Alberta Ridgeway on 19 February 1928, in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Polk, Iowa, United States in 1917 and Fort Riley, Riley, Kansas, United States in 1920. He died on 15 November 1957, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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- Earl W Mickle, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mickle, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Earl Mickle, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
English (Northumberland): nickname from Middle English mikel, mekel, mukel ‘big’. Compare Mitchell , Meikle , and Mutch .
Americanized form of German Mickel 1 or of a homonymous Germanized Sorbian surname (see Mickel 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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