When Laura Edna Deskins was born on 23 August 1898, in Nolan, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Westley Deskins, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann "Elisha" Williams, was 45. She married Hobart Austin Brown on 3 April 1921, in Kenova, Wayne, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Fairmont District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 15 March 1997, in Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Florida contributed to World War I in several ways. The state's open land and warm climate made for a great military training location. Additional technological and agricultural developments took place in Florida as well. Roughly 42,030 Floridians joined the troops during 1917 and 1918.
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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