Cora Louise Pies

Female27 October 1874–4 August 1936

Brief Life History of Cora Louise

When Cora Louise Pies was born on 27 October 1874, in Vigo, Indiana, United States, her father, John Peter Pies, was 26 and her mother, Barbara Heady, was 22. She married Lewis Richard Newport on 5 August 1899, in Terre Haute, Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Van Buren Township, Clay, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Lost Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 August 1936, in East Glenn, Lost Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Terre Haute, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Richard Newport
1878–1962
Cora Louise Pies
1874–1936
Marriage: 5 August 1899
Charles Richard Newport
1900–1932
Helen Newport
1905–
Ethel Louise Newport
1908–2004

Sources (7)

  • Cora L Newport nella famiglia di Louis R Newport, “United States Census, 1900”
  • Cora Louise Pies, “Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007”
  • Cora Pies in entry for Howard Elwood and Helen Newport, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 August 1899Terre Haute, Sullivan, Indiana, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 1

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 1

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 22

    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

    German: from a variant of the medieval personal name Pius (from Latin pius ‘the pious one’; see Pius ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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