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Elizabeth H Thornhill 1904 - 1993

Elizabeth H Thornhill of Lynchburg, Lynchburg City County, VA was born on March 26, 1904, and died at age 89 years old on May 13, 1993.

Elizabeth H Thornhill

Lynchburg, Lynchburg City County, VA 24503

March 26, 1904

May 13, 1993

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In 1904, in the year that Elizabeth H Thornhill 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 1922, Elizabeth was 18 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

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