Brief Life History of Earley Blueford
When Earley Blueford Churchill was born on 23 March 1897, in Blansett, Scott, Arkansas, United States, his father, Joshua Bonaparte Churchill, was 65 and his mother, Sarah Green LeFever, was 39. He married Leona Ware on 17 June 1916, in Scott, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Rich Mountain, Polk, Arkansas, United States in 1930 and Heavener Township, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 4 March 1979, in Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Early B Churchill, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Early Blueford Churchill - Individual or family possessions: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Early Blueford Churchill
- Earley Churchill, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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
English (Dorset and Somerset): habitational name from any of various places called Churchill, for example in Devon, Oxfordshire, Somerset, and Worcestershire. Most were probably originally named with a Celtic element crūg ‘hill’ (which early on was reinterpreted as Old English cyrice ‘church’), to which was added Old English hyll ‘hill’. Alternatively, a topographic name denoting someone who lived ‘(on the) church hill’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Finnish Kirkkomäki: ornamental or topographic name from kirkko ‘church’ + mäki ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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