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Jesse Morris 1904 - 1984

Jesse Morris of East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois was born on September 27, 1904, and died at age 80 years old in October 1984.
Jesse Morris
East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois 61611
September 27, 1904
October 1984
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Jesse Morris' History: 1904 - 1984

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    1904

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    September 27, 1904
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  • 10/dd
    1984

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    October 1984
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    Jesse Morris lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1904, in the year that Jesse Morris was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1925, by the time this person was 21 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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