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Preston Widener 1903 - 1984

Preston Widener of Galax, Galax City County, Virginia was born on June 22, 1903, and died at age 81 years old in November 1984.
Preston Widener
Galax, Galax City County, Virginia 24333
June 22, 1903
November 1984
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    1903

    Birthday

    June 22, 1903
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  • 11/dd
    1984

    Death

    November 1984
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    Preston Widener lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1903, in the year that Preston Widener was born, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, flew the first powered heavier-than-air plane. They flew 4 times in one day - the longest flight lasting 59 seconds and a little over 852 feet. While the brothers had notified several newspapers of their attempt, only one - a local paper - covered it. After their 4th flight, a gust of wind caught the plane, turned it over, and totaled it.
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In 1934, by the time he was 31 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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