Brief Life History of Rollo Burdette
When Rollo Burdette Fields Sr. was born on 31 October 1885, in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States, his father, William Addison Fields, was 26 and his mother, Atta Burns, was 18. He married Marguerite Katherine Fresh on 4 May 1916, in El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, Houston County, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 20 December 1978, in Stephens, Texas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, McLennan, Texas, United States.
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- Rollo B Fields, "United States Census, 1920"
- Rolo Berdett Fields, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Rollo Burdette Fields, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English feldes, plural or possessive of feld ‘arable field, flat open country’. See Field .
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Deschamps .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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