Brief Life History of Columbus Gibson
Columbus Gibson Barnett was born on 29 December 1877, in Alabama, United States. He married Emma Lee Burbank on 27 November 1898, in Alcorn, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi, United States in 1930. He died on 8 January 1936, in Mississippi, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi, United States.
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- Gipson P Barnet, "United States Census, 1930"
- C. G. Barnett, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Columbus Gibson Barnett, "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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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 various places, for example Chipping (High) Barnet, East Barnet, and Friern Barnet in Greater London, named with Old English bærnet ‘place cleared by burning’ (a derivative of bærnan ‘to burn, to set light to’).
English (of Norman origin): from a medieval personal name, a variant of Bernard .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): this surname has been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews in the English-speaking world, perhaps as an Anglicized form of a vaguely similar Jewish name such as Baruch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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