Brief Life History of Alice Eugenia
When Alice Eugenia Callaway was born on 16 June 1891, in Chambers, Alabama, United States, her father, Claiborne Williamson Callaway, was 42 and her mother, Ella Eulalia Barrow, was 33. She married Lloyd Olin Thornton on 14 December 1911, in Lanett, Chambers, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States in 1930 and District 655, Troup, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 2 August 1981, in Troup, Georgia, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States.
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- Alice Caloway in household of Ella Caloway, "United States Census, 1910"
- A E Callaway, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Alice Callaway Thornton, "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Caillouet-Orgeville in Eure, France, named with a collective form of Old French cail(ou) ‘pebble’ (see Cail ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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