Brief Life History of Elmer John
When Elmer John Peake was born on 18 August 1895, in Virgil, Cortland, New York, United States, his father, George Ruben Peake, was 30 and his mother, Rosa May Priest, was 21. He married Kathrine Marie Cassune on 2 May 1932, in Onondaga, New York, United States. He lived in Cortland, Cortland, New York, United States in 1905 and Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States in 1940. He died in February 1973, at the age of 77, and was buried in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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- Elmer Peake, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elmer J Peake, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Elmer John Peake, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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 · 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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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.
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English and Irish: variant of Peak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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