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Charles Purvis 1892 - 1974

Charles Purvis of Dillwyn, Buckingham County, Virginia was born on January 16, 1892, and died at age 82 years old in March 1974.
Charles Purvis
Dillwyn, Buckingham County, Virginia 23936
January 16, 1892
March 1974
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Charles Purvis' History: 1892 - 1974

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    1892

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    January 16, 1892
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    1974

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    March 1974
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    Charles Purvis lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1892, in the year that Charles Purvis was born, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.
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In 1904, he was merely 12 years old when 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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