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Ellsworth Wheeler 1904 - 1977

Ellsworth Wheeler of Saunderstown, Washington County, RI was born on April 12, 1904, and died at age 72 years old in February 1977.
Ellsworth Wheeler
Saunderstown, Washington County, RI 02874
April 12, 1904
February 1977
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Ellsworth Wheeler's History: 1904 - 1977

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  • 04/12
    1904

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    April 12, 1904
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  • 02/dd
    1977

    Death

    February 1977
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    Ellsworth Wheeler lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1904, in the year that Ellsworth Wheeler 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 1915, at the age of just 11 years old, Ellsworth was alive when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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