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James R Gillespie 1902 - 1988

James R Gillespie of Grafton, Taylor County, WV was born on April 18, 1902, and died at age 86 years old on August 31, 1988.

James R Gillespie

Grafton, Taylor County, WV 26354

April 18, 1902

August 31, 1988

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In 1902, in the year that James R Gillespie was born, the first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California. Called the "Tournament East–West football game" at the time, the Michigan Wolverines (East) played the Stanford Indians (West) - the Wolverines won 49 - 0. (The Stanford captain requested an end to the game with 8 minutes remaining.) The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890 and the football game began as a way to boost tourism in the area.

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In 1914, by the time he was only 12 years old, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.

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