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Finis Gates 1902 - 2006

Finis Gates of Grayson, Caldwell County, LA was born on November 5, 1902, and died at age 104 years old on December 10, 2006.
Finis Gates
Grayson, Caldwell County, LA 71435
November 5, 1902
December 10, 2006
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  • 11/5
    1902

    Birthday

    November 5, 1902
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  • 12/10
    2006

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    December 10, 2006
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    Finis Gates lived 31 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 104.
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In 1902, in the year that Finis Gates was born, about 150 thousand United Mine Workers went on strike in eastern Pennsylvania for a wage increase and more suitable hours. They eventually got a 10% raise and their workday was reduced from 10 hours to 9. Because winter was coming and most people at the time heated their homes with coal, President Teddy Roosevelt arbitrated between the owners and the workers - the first time that the Federal government arbitrated in a strike.
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In 1911, when this person was merely 9 years old, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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