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John R Davenport 1905 - 1967

John Robert Davenport of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on August 23, 1905, and died at age 61 years old on May 18, 1967. John Davenport was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2X Site 3673 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale.
John Robert Davenport
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11233
August 23, 1905
May 18, 1967
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  • 08/23
    1905

    Birthday

    August 23, 1905
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Kings County, New York United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: T4 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii Military serial#: 32394952 Enlisted: June 25, 1942 in Ft Jay Governors Island New York Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Semiskilled Occupations In Production Of Bakery Products, N.e.c.
  • 05/18
    1967

    Death

    May 18, 1967
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Long Island National Cemetery Section 2X Site 3673 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
    Burial location
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In 1905, in the year that John R Davenport was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1916, John was only 11 years old when suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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