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Welzie Hughes 1884 - 1978

Welzie Hughes of Green Mountain, Yancey County, North Carolina was born on December 10, 1884, and died at age 93 years old in June 1978.
Welzie Hughes
Green Mountain, Yancey County, North Carolina 28740
December 10, 1884
June 1978
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Welzie Hughes' History: 1884 - 1978

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  • 12/10
    1884

    Birthday

    December 10, 1884
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  • 06/dd
    1978

    Death

    June 1978
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    Cause of death
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    Welzie Hughes lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1884, in the year that Welzie Hughes was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1892, this person was merely 8 years old when on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.
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