When Velma Toler was born on 7 June 1915, in Craven, North Carolina, United States, her father, Ulysses Grant Toler, was 21 and her mother, Lovie McCall Toler, was 17. She married Durwood Belmot Edwards about 1933, in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Township 1, Craven, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Vanceboro, Craven, North Carolina, United States in 1960. She died on 7 November 2003, in Craven, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Edwards Cemetery, Yancey, North Carolina, United States.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
English: variant of Toller . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
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