When Johnie Edith Driskill was born on 1 April 1908, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John Driskill, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Victoria Carter, was 35. She married Leonard Rex Rainey on 11 February 1930, in Macon, Illinois, United States. She lived in Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Wilton Township, Will, Illinois, United States in 1939. She died on 20 February 1939, in Willow Branch Township, Piatt, Illinois, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Bement Cemetery, Bement Township, Piatt, Illinois, United States.
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Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Irish: variant of Driscoll . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
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