Minerva Ann Strickland

Female5 August 1893–27 November 1972

Brief Life History of Minerva Ann

When Minerva Ann Strickland was born on 5 August 1893, in Benton, Mississippi, United States, her father, Paige Marion Strickland, was 26 and her mother, Lucy C Fuller, was 19. She married Arthur Andrew Jackson Pannell in 1910, in Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Beat 5, Tippah, Mississippi, United States in 1930. She died on 27 November 1972, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Andrew Jackson Pannell
1890–1975
Minerva Ann Strickland
1893–1972
Marriage: 1910
Annie Lou Pannell
1921–2007

Sources (4)

  • Minerva A Pannell in household of Arthur J Pannell, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Minerva Strickland in household of Lucy Strickland, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Minerva Strickland - Government record: birth-name: Minerva Strickland

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  • Marriage
    1910Mississippi, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    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.

    1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

    Age 14

    When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 23

    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 (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Great and Little Strickland (Westmorland) or Strickland Ketel and Strickland Roger (also Westmorland). The placenames derive from Old English stīrc ‘stirk, young bullock or heifer’ + land ‘land’.

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

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