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Sylvester Jones 1918 - 1996

Sylvester Jones of Colfax, Grant County, LA was born on July 2, 1918, and died at age 77 years old on March 27, 1996.
Sylvester Jones
Colfax, Grant County, LA 71417
July 2, 1918
March 27, 1996
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Sylvester Jones' History: 1918 - 1996

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  • 07/2
    1918

    Birthday

    July 2, 1918
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Grant County, Louisiana United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of College
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 38186678 Enlisted: July 25, 1942 in Cp Livingston Louisiana Military branch: Branch Immaterial Warrant Officers, Usa 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

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 03/27
    1996

    Death

    March 27, 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1918, in the year that Sylvester Jones was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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In 1933, by the time he was only 15 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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