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Forrest Wright 1904 - 1987

Forrest Wright of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois was born on February 6, 1904, and died at age 83 years old in February 1987.
Forrest Wright
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois 61201
February 6, 1904
February 1987
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Forrest Wright's History: 1904 - 1987

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    1904

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    February 6, 1904
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  • 02/dd
    1987

    Death

    February 1987
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    Forrest Wright 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 Forrest Wright 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 1925, he was 21 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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