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In the 1930 census of Great Swamp township, Wayne County, North Carolina: farmer Barney Langston, 34; wife Jennie, 43; and children Canaan, 13, Mattie, 10, Corena, 8, Junius, 6, Elma and Thelma, 4, Ethel, 3, and Troy L., 1 month.

In the 1940 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: farmer Barney Lancaster, 47; wife Jenny, 49; and children Kiney, 23, Pauline, 21, June, 19, Thelma, 17, Elmer and Ethel, 15, and Troy, 11.

In 1943, Elmon Langston registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. per his registration card, he was born 20 February 1925 in Wayne County; lived at Route 1, Fremont, Wilson County; was a student at Mincey [Minshew] School; and worked at Jessie Edmundson farm, Fremont. he signed his card ‘Elmar Langston.’

In the 1950 census of Black Creek township, Wilson County: farmer Bonnie Langston, 54; wife Maggie, 54; children Thelma, 24, Ethel Lee, 22, Troy D., 19, and Elmer, 24; daughter-in-law Harriet, 23; grandchildren Louise, 2, and Elmer Lee, 1; and grandchildren Carolyn, newborn, and Virginia, 3.

On 2 April 1960, Elmer Langston, 31, of Fremont, married Daisy Hooks, 32, of Fremont, in Wilson County.

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