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Eliza Holmes 1904 - 1987

Eliza Holmes of Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN was born on October 19, 1904, and died at age 82 years old on June 17, 1987.
Eliza Holmes
Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN 37664
October 19, 1904
June 17, 1987
Female
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Eliza Holmes' History: 1904 - 1987

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  • 10/19
    1904

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    October 19, 1904
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  • 06/17
    1987

    Death

    June 17, 1987
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    Eliza Holmes lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1904, in the year that Eliza Holmes 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 1919, Eliza was merely 15 years old when Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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