Brief Life History of Oscar Melton
When Oscar Melton Humphries was born on 23 August 1919, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, Benjamin "Huff" Humphries, was 22 and his mother, Mamie Lee Blackwood, was 23. He had at least 1 son with Martha Louise Peahuff. He lived in Fort Amador, Balboa District, Panama Canal Zone, Panama in 1940 and Cherokee Springs, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 3 October 1992, in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Columbia, Columbia, Florida, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Oscar M Humphries, "United States 1950 Census"
- Oscar Melton Humphries, "Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001"
- Oscar M Humphries, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): variant of Humphrey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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