John William "Willie" Walters
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John William "Willie" Walters (1891 - 1969)

John William "Willie" Walters was born on December 20, 1891 in KY. He was born to Parks B. Walters and Claredina "Callie" Sewell, with siblings Nannette, James, and Anna. He married Effie May Walters. John died on September 3, 1969 in Indianapolis, IN at age 77.

John's education includes: Berea College Academy, Berea, Kentucky, , Indianapolis School of Pharmacology, Class of 1919.. His occupation and profession is listed as: Pharmacist, Drug Store..
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John William "Willie" Walters
Birth: 20 Dec 1891 - Laurel, United States
Death: 3 Sep 1969 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

NAME:
John William (Willie) Walters
BIRTH: 20 Dec 1891 - Laurel, USA
DEATH: 31 Aug 1969 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
MARRIAGE: Bef 1930
PARENTS: Parks B Walters, Callie Sewell
SPOUSE: Effa May (Effie) Cassel

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Birth


Laurel County, KY United States

Death


Indianapolis, Marion County, IN United States

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Average Age

John William "Willie" Walters lived 7 years longer than the average Walters family member when he died at the age of 77.

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Family

Father: Parks B. Walters
Mother: Claredina "Callie" Sewell
Siblings: Nannette Serena Walters, James Renis Walters, and Anna Catherine (Walters) Pigg

Wife: Effie May Walters

Education

Berea College Academy, Berea, Kentucky

Indianapolis School of Pharmacology, Class of 1919.

Professions

Pharmacist, Drug Store.

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"Willie"

Middle name

William

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1891 - In the year that John William "Willie" Walters was born, James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.

1900 - John was just 9 years old when the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."

1908 - By the time he was 17 years old, unemployment in the U.S. was at 8.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 2 cents while the population in the United States was 88,710,000. The world population was almost 4.4 billion.

1920 - By the time he was 29 years old, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.

1969 - In the year of John William "Willie" Walters's passing, one hundred countries, along with the United States and the Soviet Union signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). It called for stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the goal of nuclear disarmament.

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John William "Willie" Walters passed away on September 3, 1969 in Indianapolis, IN at 77 years old. There is no listed cause of death. John was born on December 20, 1891 in KY. He was born to Parks B. Walters and Claredina "Callie" Sewell, with siblings Nannette, James, and Anna. He married Effie May Walters.

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