Brief Life History of Bessie Viola
When Bessie Viola Newton was born on 16 May 1890, in Edith, Coke, Texas, United States, her father, James Calvin Newton, was 30 and her mother, Sophronia Ann Kemp, was 23. She married Edward Clifton Wyche on 18 January 1906, in Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Munday, Knox, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 1, Sherman, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 20 June 1957, in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Bessie V Wycke, "United States 1950 Census"
- Bessie Newton, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Bessie V Wyche, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1891
Historical Boundaries: 1891: Coke, Texas, United States
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.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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