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Harry Wilson Downen 1913 - 1993

Harry Wilson Downen of Humphreys, Sullivan County, MO was born on February 27, 1913 to Lora Belle Davis Downen. Harry Downen died at age 80 years old on May 16, 1993.
Harry Wilson Downen
Humphreys, Sullivan County, MO 64646
February 27, 1913
May 16, 1993
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  • 02/27
    1913

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    February 27, 1913
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  • 05/16
    1993

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    May 16, 1993
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    Harry Wilson Downen lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1913, in the year that Harry Wilson Downen was born, ratified in February the 16th Amendment, establishing a Federal income tax, became law. Previously, customs duties (tariffs) and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. With the passage of the 16th Amendment, incomes of couples exceeding $4,000, as well as those of single persons earning $3,000 or more, were subject to a 1% Federal tax (that would be about $98,000 and $74,000 now). Rates rose to 7% for incomes over half a million dollars. Less than 1% of the population was subject to income tax.
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In 1933, by the time he was 20 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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