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Ben Walton 1890 - 1973

Ben Walton of Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi was born on June 15, 1890, and died at age 83 years old in December 1973.
Ben Walton
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi 39701
June 15, 1890
December 1973
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Ben Walton's History: 1890 - 1973

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  • 06/15
    1890

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    June 15, 1890
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  • 12/dd
    1973

    Death

    December 1973
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    Ben Walton lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1890, in the year that Ben Walton was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1904, by the time he was only 14 years old, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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