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Sylvester Russell 1914 - 1985

Sylvester Russell of Norfolk, Norfolk City County, Virginia was born on September 11, 1914, and died at age 71 years old in December 1985.
Sylvester Russell
Norfolk, Norfolk City County, Virginia 23513
September 11, 1914
December 1985
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Sylvester Russell's History: 1914 - 1985

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  • 09/11
    1914

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    September 11, 1914
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  • 12/dd
    1985

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    December 1985
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    Sylvester Russell lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1914, in the year that Sylvester Russell was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1934, when he was 20 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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