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Ben Porterfield 1901 - 1983

Ben Porterfield of Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia was born on February 22, 1901, and died at age 82 years old in October 1983.

Ben Porterfield

Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia 25801

February 22, 1901

October 1983

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February 22, 1901

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October 1983

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In 1901, in the year that Ben Porterfield was born, shortly after beginning his second term, President McKinley was assassinated by the self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The last President to have served in the Civil War - he began as a private and ended the war as a brevet major - McKinley was a Republican. First elected in 1896, he was re-elected in 1900. Six months after the swearing in, McKinley was shot - and died of the gangrene that set in as a result.

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In 1918, Ben was 17 years old when following European countries, Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States in March. It was an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. This was a war effort and proved unpopular so in most areas of the United States, Daylight Saving Time ended after World War I. It returned during World War II.

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