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John Merrill 1886 - 1983

John Merrill of Decatur, Dekalb County, Georgia was born on February 18, 1886, and died at age 97 years old in December 1983.
John Merrill
Decatur, Dekalb County, Georgia 30030
February 18, 1886
December 1983
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    1886

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    February 18, 1886
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    1983

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    December 1983
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    John Merrill lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1886, in the year that John Merrill was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1915, he was 29 years old when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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