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Chester Shahan 1904 - 1981

Chester Shahan of Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia was born on September 23, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in November 1981.

Chester Shahan

Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia 26241

September 23, 1904

November 1981

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September 23, 1904

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Chester Shahan lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.

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In 1904, in the year that Chester Shahan 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 1913, Chester was just 9 years old when Woodrow Wilson became the 28th President of the United States in March. Previously the Governor of New Jersey and President of Princeton University, he was the first Southerner to serve as President since Zachary Taylor, over 60 years previous. A Democrat, he led the U.S. during World War I and championed the League of Nations.

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