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Sylvester Roberts 1917 - 2004

Sylvester Roberts of Eminence, Henry County, KY was born on September 10, 1917, and died at age 86 years old on August 27, 2004.
Sylvester Roberts
Eminence, Henry County, KY 40019
September 10, 1917
August 27, 2004
Male
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Sylvester Roberts' History: 1917 - 2004

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  • 09/10
    1917

    Birthday

    September 10, 1917
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Henry County, Kentucky United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 35113789 Enlisted: June 18, 1942 in Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana 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

    Unskilled Garage Laborers And Car Washers And Greasers
  • 08/27
    2004

    Death

    August 27, 2004
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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Did you know?
In 1917, in the year that Sylvester Roberts was born, the U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark in January. While they are U.S. citizens, Virgin Islanders are ineligible to vote for the President of the United States.
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In 1933, at the age of 16 years old, Sylvester was alive when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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Sylvester Roberts' Family Tree & Friends

Sylvester Roberts' Family Tree

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