When Raymond Lloyd Witten was born on 23 August 1919, in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, his father, Lansford Witten, was 47 and his mother, Clara Viola Bond, was 31. He married Ines Ilean Bledsoe on 12 November 1942, in Laclede, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election District 6, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1940 and New Providence, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 30 December 2000, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States.
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The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots.
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
North German: patronymic from Witte .
English: variant of Whitton .
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