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Elma Pursley 1898 - 1980

Elma Pursley of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee was born on December 31, 1898, and died at age 81 years old in August 1980.
Elma Pursley
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee 37412
December 31, 1898
August 1980
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  • 12/31
    1898

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    December 31, 1898
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  • 08/dd
    1980

    Death

    August 1980
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    Elma Pursley lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1898, in the year that Elma Pursley was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1932, when she was 34 years old, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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