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Emmie Davenport 1890 - 1983

Emmie Davenport of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina was born on April 27, 1890, and died at age 92 years old in January 1983.
Emmie Davenport
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina 27701
April 27, 1890
January 1983
Female
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Emmie Davenport's History: 1890 - 1983

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    April 27, 1890
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    1983

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    January 1983
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    Emmie Davenport lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1890, in the year that Emmie Davenport was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1916, at the age of 26 years old, Emmie was alive when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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