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James M Conkwright 1916 - 1999

James M Conkwright of Danville, Vermilion County, IL was born on April 13, 1916, and died at age 83 years old on December 7, 1999.
James M Conkwright
Danville, Vermilion County, IL 61832
April 13, 1916
December 7, 1999
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  • 04/13
    1916

    Birthday

    April 13, 1916
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Livingston County, Illinois United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 36047329 Enlisted: August 27, 1941 in Chicago Illinois Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 12/7
    1999

    Death

    December 7, 1999
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1916, in the year that James M Conkwright was born, the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
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In 1933, at the age of 17 years old, James was alive when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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