Brief Life History of Claude Lawrence
When Claude Lawrence Glaspey was born on 22 June 1893, in Fall Creek, Lane, Oregon, United States, his father, Theodore Erwin Glaspey, was 57 and his mother, Nancy Ellen Doty, was 41. He married Martha Ann Howard on 11 May 1914, in Fall Creek, Lane, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jasper Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Jasper, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 22 February 1973, in Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Vernon Pioneer Cemetery, Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States.
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- Claude L Glaspey, "United States Census, 1950"
- C L Glaspey, "Oregon, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Clyde, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
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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.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Irish or Scottish: shortened form of Gillespie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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