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John A Ripley 1904 - 1989

John A Ripley of De Leon, Comanche County, TX was born on February 20, 1904, and died at age 85 years old on March 5, 1989.
John A Ripley
De Leon, Comanche County, TX 76444
February 20, 1904
March 5, 1989
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    1904

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    February 20, 1904
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  • 03/5
    1989

    Death

    March 5, 1989
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    John A Ripley lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1904, in the year that John A Ripley 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 1935, John was 31 years old when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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