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Lona Preston 1898 - 1986

Lona Preston of Fulton, Oswego County, NY was born on March 5, 1898, and died at age 88 years old in May 1986.
Lona Preston
Fulton, Oswego County, NY 13069
March 5, 1898
May 1986
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    1898

    Birthday

    March 5, 1898
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  • 05/dd
    1986

    Death

    May 1986
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    Lona Preston lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1898, in the year that Lona Preston was born, magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
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In 1917, at the age of 19 years old, Lona was alive when on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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