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Glea Swan 1910 - 1981

Glea Swan of Alton, Madison County, Illinois was born on October 18, 1910, and died at age 70 years old in January 1981.
Glea Swan
Alton, Madison County, Illinois 62002
October 18, 1910
January 1981
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  • 10/18
    1910

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    October 18, 1910
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  • 01/dd
    1981

    Death

    January 1981
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Glea Swan lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1910, in the year that Glea Swan was born, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. U.S. publisher W.D. Boyce was visiting England when he became lost in the London fog. An unknown Boy Scout helped him find his way out, declining a tip (he said that he was a Boy Scout and was doing his good deed for the day). Boyce was so impressed that he incorporated the Boy Scouts of America when he returned home. Its purpose was "to teach boys patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred values."
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In 1945, Glea was 35 years old when on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
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