Brief Life History of Ollie Mitchell
When Ollie Mitchell McCauley was born on 10 December 1899, in Texas, United States, her father, William Mitchell McCauley, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Gregory, was 28. She married James Franklin Bickham Sr on 3 December 1925, in Union, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bayou Township, Ashley, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 31 August 1978, in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, United States.
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- Ollie Bickham in household of J F Bickham, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ollie Mitchell Bickham, "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986"
- Ollie McCaulley in entry for J F Bickham, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Dumbartonshire) and Irish (Westmeath): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh ‘son of Amhalghadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The best known family of Mac Amhalghaidh is from Westmeath, and there were families called Mac Amhlaoibh in counties Cork and Fermanagh (a branch of the Maguires), as well as a family in southwest Scotland which has migrated to Ulster. Compare the Scottish form Macaulay .
Scottish (Hebrides) and Irish (Fermanagh): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh or Mac Amhlaidh ‘son of Olaf’, from Gaelic forms of the Old Norse personal name Áleifr, Óláfr (see Olafsen ). Compare McAuliffe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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