Brief Life History of Henry Guy
When Henry Guy McWherter Jr was born on 29 December 1923, in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States, his father, Henry Guy Mcwherter, was 35 and his mother, Kathie Lee Munday, was 30. He had at least 1 daughter with Nalta Rae Palmer. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas, United States in 1940 and Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 1 years. He died on 19 August 2001, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- Henry G McWhester, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Henry Guy Mc Wherter, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Henry Guy McWherter, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of McWhirter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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