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Ben Merritt 1891 - 1969

Ben Merritt of Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana was born on September 19, 1891, and died at age 78 years old in October 1969.
Ben Merritt
Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana 71301
September 19, 1891
October 1969
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Ben Merritt's History: 1891 - 1969

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  • 09/19
    1891

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    September 19, 1891
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  • 10/dd
    1969

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    October 1969
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    Ben Merritt lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1891, in the year that Ben Merritt was born, James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.
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In 1934, he was 43 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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