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Flora B Gillespie 1905 - 2003

Flora B Gillespie of Midway, Raleigh County, WV was born on July 6, 1905, and died at age 97 years old on January 13, 2003.
Flora B Gillespie
Midway, Raleigh County, WV 25878
July 6, 1905
January 13, 2003
Female
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  • 07/6
    1905

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    July 6, 1905
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  • 01/13
    2003

    Death

    January 13, 2003
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    Flora B Gillespie lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1905, in the year that Flora B Gillespie was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1911, at the age of just 6 years old, Flora was alive when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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