Brief Life History of Franklin Polk
When Franklin Polk Raulston was born on 23 September 1895, in South Pittsburg, Marion, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Polk Raulston, was 23 and his mother, Jeanette Elizabeth Bible, was 22. He lived in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 4 January 1960, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, United States.
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- Frank P Raulston, "United States 1950 Census"
- Franklin Polk Raulston, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Frank Polk Raulston, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
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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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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Scottish: variant of Ralston .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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