When Tara Bell Kirk was born on 6 April 1876, in Giles, Virginia, United States, her father, William Harvey Kirk, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Journell, was 46. She married Adam Witt on 21 December 1892, in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dublin, Pulaski, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 September 1950, in Richlands, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Claypool Hill, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.
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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.
The town was platted in 1888.
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.
Scottish, English, and Danish: from Middle English, Danish kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja), a topographic name for someone who lived near a church. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century or earlier.
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