When Elizabeth M Jones was born on 11 January 1870, her father, William Elias Jones, was 25 and her mother, Kate Electa Carrier, was 22. She married Townsend B. Wickwire. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Hanover, Hanover Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 30 October 1962, in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Ponemah Cemetery, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Pope Manufacturing Company produced bicycles, motorcycles, and automobiles. The main office is located in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1915, the company ceased producing motorcycles.
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.
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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