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Jessie Owens 1897 - 1993

Jessie Owens of Chipley, Washington County, FL was born on November 21, 1897, and died at age 96 years old on December 15, 1993.

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Chipley, Washington County, FL 32428
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In 1897, in the year that Jessie Owens was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1934, she was 37 years old when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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Owens, Jessie (Mar 10, 1925 - May 5, 1952) Owens, Jessie (Aug 31, 1929 - Jul 2, 1991) Owens, Jessie (Sep 23, 1893 - Nov 1964) Owens, Jessie (Mar 15, 1903 - Jul 1966) Owens, Jessie (Feb 25, 1874 - Jul 1966) Owens, Jessie (Feb 18, 1930 - Mar 1, 2006) Owens, Jessie (Oct 2, 1908 - Dec 25, 1992) Owens, Jessie (Oct 6, 1915 - Oct 30, 2006) Owens, Jessie (Jul 12, 1885 - May 1982) Owens, Jessie (Aug 28, 1915 - Jul 6, 2001)
Owens, Jessie (Sep 3, 1899 - Aug 1985) Owens, Jessie (Jul 31, 1903 - Dec 1985) Owens, Jessie (Oct 5, 1902 - Dec 1984) Owens, Jessie (Sep 17, 1910 - Aug 6, 2005) Owens, Jessie (May 11, 1911 - May 1972) Owens, Jessie (Sep 15, 1913 - Apr 1973) Owens, Jessie (Jan 6, 1913 - Mar 2, 2001) Owens, Jessie (Jan 30, 1893 - Jul 1977) Owens, Jessie (Feb 10, 1891 - Jun 1981) Owens, Jessie (Jun 12, 1930 - Jan 5, 2002)

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Howell-Owens-zachary, Elizabeth (Born 1844) Owens, William (Born Oct 11, 1857) Owens, Selena (Born Oct 17, 1857) Owens, George (Born Sep 25, 1875) Owens, Arrie (Born Sep 22, 1877) Owens, Pinkney (Feb 5, 1881 - Jun 1967) Owens, Ensley (Born May 8, 1884) Owens, Julius (Born Apr 27, 1892) Owens, Dovie (Born Nov 19, 1887) Owens, P.o. (Born Feb 5, 1881)
Minturn/owens, Evelyn (Born Sep 12, 1925) Owens, Donald (Mar 6, 1939 - Feb 28, 1998) Owens, Lela (Born 1880) Owens, Dora (Born Mar 6, 1907) Owens, Lura (Born Oct 6, 1885) Owens, Billie (Born c. 1929) Owens, Vernon (Born Jan 9, 1907) Owens, Ethell (Jul 10, 1908 - Dec 21, 1991) Owens, Dona Owens, Helen (May 2, 1879 - Apr 1968)
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