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James Brown Sr 1911 - 1982

James Brown Sr of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee was born on December 1, 1911, and died at age 71 years old on December 24, 1982. James Brown was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section M Site 41 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis.
James Brown Sr
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 38106
December 1, 1911
December 24, 1982
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  • 12/1
    1911

    Birthday

    December 1, 1911
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/24
    1982

    Death

    December 24, 1982
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Memphis National Cemetery Section M Site 41 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn 38122
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In 1911, in the year that James Brown Sr was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1934, by the time he was 23 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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