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Cornelius Leach 1905 - 1971

Cornelius Leach of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina was born on March 7, 1905, and died at age 66 years old in October 1971.
Cornelius Leach
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina 28806
March 7, 1905
October 1971
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Cornelius Leach's History: 1905 - 1971

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  • 03/7
    1905

    Birthday

    March 7, 1905
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Buncombe County, North Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    2 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 14164855 Enlisted: October 6, 1942 in Cp Croft South Carolina Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Semiskilled Mechanics And Repairmen, N.e.c.
  • 10/dd
    1971

    Death

    October 1971
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1905, in the year that Cornelius Leach was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1916, he was merely 11 years old when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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