Brief Life History of M. Oscar
M. Oscar Lyles was born in 1878, in Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States. He married Mary Stella Winn on 28 October 1944. He died on 24 August 1961, at the age of 83.
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- M O Lyles, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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World Events (3)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Lyle 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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