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Ira Owens 1884 - 1975

Ira Owens of Big Spring, Howard County, Texas was born on September 30, 1884, and died at age 90 years old in May 1975.
Ira Owens
Big Spring, Howard County, Texas 79720
September 30, 1884
May 1975
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    1884

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    September 30, 1884
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  • 05/dd
    1975

    Death

    May 1975
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    Ira Owens lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1884, in the year that Ira Owens 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 1929, at the age of 45 years old, Ira was alive when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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