Brief Life History of Lora Bell
When Lora Bell Shelby was born on 18 March 1897, in Randolph, Rich, Utah, United States, her father, John Wallace Shelby, was 46 and her mother, Mary Frances Yeager, was 40. She married Walter Veach Grow Jr. on 9 April 1919, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Washington, United States in 1935 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 8 April 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lora Bell Shelby Grow in household of Walter Veach Grow, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Lora Bell Shelby, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Lora Bell Grow, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1899 · The Salt Palace Convention Center
The original Salt Palace was built in 1899 and It stood on 900 South, between State Street and Main Street. The Salt Palace was a frame structure covered in large pieces of rock salt, which gave it its name. The Salt Palace was destroyed by fire on August 29, 1910 and was replaced by the Majestic Hall. This Hall only lasted for a while during the remodel of the Salt Palace. The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake Comic Con has been held at the Salt Palace Convention Center since September 2013.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English (Essex and Middlesex): probably a variant of Selby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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