Brief Life History of Letha Levonia
Letha Levonia Langham was born in December 1877, in Georgia, United States. She married Robert Smith Cobb on 24 May 1896, in Floyd, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Floyd Springs, Floyd, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Mountville, Troup, Georgia, United States in 1930. She died on 18 June 1947, in LaGrange, Troup, Georgia, United States, at the age of 69.
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- Luther Cobb, "United States Census, 1930"
- Letha Langham, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Leatha L Cobb in entry for Lee Roy Cobb, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Langham (Dorset, Norfolk, Rutland, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk), or Longham (Norfolk). The Dorset and Rutland placenames probably derive from Old English lang ‘long’ + hamm ‘water meadow’. The Suffolk placename and Langham in Norfolk derive from Old English lang + hām ‘village, homestead’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from Old English lang or Old Norse langr ‘long’ + Old Norse holmr ‘island’. Longham in Norfolk derives from an Old English personal name Lāwa + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + hām.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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