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Grover Hovis 1884 - 1972

Grover Hovis of Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi was born on August 7, 1884, and died at age 87 years old in February 1972.
Grover Hovis
Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi 39564
August 7, 1884
February 1972
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Grover Hovis' History: 1884 - 1972

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    1884

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    August 7, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1972

    Death

    February 1972
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    Grover Hovis lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1884, in the year that Grover Hovis was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1893, at the age of just 9 years old, Grover was alive when on February 1st, Thomas Edison's motion picture studio on his laboratory grounds in West Orange New Jersey was completed. The studio was called "Black Maria" and the first movie made and viewed in it was of 3 people pretending to be blacksmiths.
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