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Ernest Wyatt Tolley Sr 1910 - 1970

Ernest Wyatt Tolley Sr of District Of Columbia County, District Of Columbia United States was born on January 11, 1910 in Greenbrier County, WV, and died at age 60 years old on November 18, 1970 in VA. Ernest Tolley was buried at Culpeper National Cemetery Section B Site 287-A Us Avenue, in Culpeper.

Ernest Wyatt Tolley Sr

District Of Columbia County, District Of Columbia United States

January 11, 1910

Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States

November 18, 1970

Virginia, United States

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01/11

1910

Birthday

January 11, 1910

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Greenbrier County, West Virginia United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Ernest Wyatt Tolley was white. He is the son of Marion Pinkney Tolley and Ethel A Telley. His mother Ethel was born on March 10, 1891 in White Sulphur Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA. She first married George W Brown (1882–) on January 16, 1912 in Greenbrier Co, West Virginia, USA. The following year, she married Marion on July 23, 1913 in Greenbrier Co, West Virginia, USA. After his passing in 1944, she married again on July 9, 1948 to Bayless Tapp Perry (1885–) in Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co, West Virginia, USA. His father Marion was born on June 16, 1869 in Greenbrier, West Virginia. He lived most of his life in White Sulphur, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States and worked in the concrete industry. He passed away on March 11, 1944 in Greenbrier, West Virginia.
Early Life & Education

His mother was married three times in total and Ernest had lots of siblings and half siblings. At the time of his enlistment, he had competed at least one year of high school.
Military Service

Ernest Wyatt Tolley Jr enlisted as a private on March 17, 1944 in Fort George G Meade Maryland with Military serial#: 33846280. He served in the US Army from March 17, 1944 until his discharge on September 23, 1944. He was a veteran of World War II.
Professional Career

Skilled Painters, Construction And Maintenance
Personal Life & Family

On August 12, 1929 he married Georgia Perry (1912–1981) in Ronceverte, Greenbrier, West Virginia. Together they had two daughters; Doria J Tolly (1930-2007) and Patricia Ann Tolley (1934-1976). The couple later divorced on June 24, 1955 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
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1970

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November 18, 1970

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Virginia United States
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Culpeper National Cemetery Section B Site 287-A Us Avenue, in Culpeper, Va 22701
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Ernest Wyatt Tolley Sr lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.

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In 1910, in the year that Ernest Wyatt Tolley Sr was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.

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In 1943, Ernest was 33 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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