Brief Life History of Howard Charles
When Howard Charles Bosier was born on 1 April 1894, in Guthrie, Iowa, United States, his father, James Alfred Bosier, was 36 and his mother, Ellen Elizabeth Shank, was 32. He married Leila Clark on 1 May 1917, in Guthrie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Victory Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Fanslers, Guthrie, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 18 October 1989, at the age of 95, and was buried in Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, United States.
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- Howard C Boseir in household of James A Boseir, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Howard Charles Bosier, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Howard C Bosier, Leila H Clark, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Bozarth , a surname of French origin.
French (Nord): occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of Old French bosse ‘barrel’. This form of the surname is very rare in France; in North America it may thus (also) be an altered form of the more common French variant Bossier . See also 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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