Brief Life History of James Monroe
When James Monroe Towler was born on 6 March 1920, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States, his father, Grover Cleveland Towler, was 27 and his mother, Mary Katherine Bagby, was 25. He lived in Magisterial District 4, Trigg, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and United States in 1949. He died on 11 February 2007, in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Stewart Cemetery, Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States.
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- J M Towler, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Monroe TOWLER - Published information: Obituary: birth-name: James Monroe TOWLER
- James Monroe Towler, "Find A Grave Index"
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.
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
English: variant of Toller 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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