Brief Life History of Nora Myrtle
When Nora Myrtle Garst was born on 23 August 1880, in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Benjamin Garst, was 24 and her mother, Susan Elizabeth Peters, was 27. She married Oscar Bell Wright on 20 July 1911. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Cave Spring District, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 8 April 1950, in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Roanoke, Virginia, United States.
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- Nora Wright in household of Oscar M Wright, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nara Myrtle Garst, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Nora Myrtle Wright, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1886 · Name change
Name changed from Pulaski Station to Pulaski City in 1886.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: variant of Karst .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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