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Orpheus Williams 1912 - 2002

Orpheus Williams of Roanoke, Roanoke City County, VA was born on September 21, 1912, and died at age 89 years old on March 18, 2002.

Orpheus Williams
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Roanoke, Roanoke City County, VA 24016
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September 21, 1912
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  • 09/21
    1912

    Birthday

    September 21, 1912
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen

  • Nationality & Locations

    United States

  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School

  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33653458 Enlisted: June 24, 1943 in Roanoke Virginia Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, 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

    Housemen And Yardmen
  • 03/18
    2002

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    March 18, 2002
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In 1912, in the year that Orpheus Williams was born, Arizona was admitted to the United States in February (on Valentine's Day). It became the 48th state in the Union. Previously a Spanish - then Mexican - territory, the U.S. paid $15 million dollars for the area in 1848. Arizona was the last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the United States.
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In 1942, when he was 30 years old, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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Williams, Emily (Born Sep 29, 1914) Williams, Myrtle (Born Sep 10, 1889) Downing/williams, Fannie (Born Jul 28, 1869) Crooks, Elsie (Jul 18, 1895 - Nov 7, 1971) Semken, Rosemary (Nov 26, 1921 - Jul 16, 1994) Williams, Mary (Apr 20, 1862 - Nov 11, 1930) Williams, John (Born May 13, 1867) Williams, Alma Nee (Born Jun 21, 1900) Williams, June (Born Jun 9, 1923) Williams, Richard (Oct 11, 1897 - Jul 29, 1963)
Crow, Dora (Born Nov 1895) Williams, Bertha (Born Apr 21, 1921) Williams, Elizabeth (Born Sep 1839) Hulsey, Jessie (Feb 17, 1901 - Feb 22, 1920) Williams, Burl Edgar (Born Mar 16, 1871) Williams, Colbert (Apr 10, 1896 - Dec 1976) Williams, Cosby (Born Sep 17, 1898) Williams, Bonzie (Born 1901) Williams, Susan (Born Apr 23, 1875) Williams, Lucille (Born Feb 17, 1894)
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