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Bessie Willis 1904 - 1984

Bessie Willis of Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri was born on March 23, 1904, and died at age 80 years old in April 1984.

Bessie Willis
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Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri 65706
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March 23, 1904
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In 1904, in the year that Bessie Willis was born, 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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In 1916, at the age of only 12 years old, Bessie was alive when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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Willis, Daniel (Born Apr 2, 1839) Willis, Bonnie (Apr 6, 1908 - Feb 27, 2000) Willis, Ted (Born Sep 18, 1920) Willis, Leo (Born Jan 5, 1890) Willis, Clif (Born Sep 10, 1925) Cates, Barbara Willis, Virginia (Dec 30, 1917 - Nov 24, 1999) Willis, Catherine (Jul 27, 1908 - May 30, 1990) Willis, George (Sep 27, 1915 - Jul 1, 2007) Willis, Lawrence (Jan 13, 1911 - Dec 1984)
Willis, Thom (May 7, 1906 - Feb 4, 1988) Willis, Eleanor (Sep 9, 1911 - May 29, 2007) Willis Sr, Wilbert (Jul 3, 1907 - Oct 1976) Willis, Edith (Aug 15, 1912 - Jun 9, 1990) Willis, Arthur (Dec 28, 1904 - Oct 1968) Willis, Perley (May 4, 1900 - Apr 1982) Willis, Linwood (Jul 13, 1914 - Jan 17, 1990) Willis, Laurence (Jul 13, 1914 - Aug 28, 2000) Willis, Madelain (Sep 23, 1913 - Jan 18, 2002) Willis, Pauline (Aug 22, 1920 - Dec 11, 1995)
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