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Lela Wilson 1897 - 1983

Lela Wilson of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas was born on September 19, 1897, and died at age 85 years old in July 1983.
Lela Wilson
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 78223
September 19, 1897
July 1983
Female
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Lela Wilson's History: 1897 - 1983

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  • 09/19
    1897

    Birthday

    September 19, 1897
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  • 07/dd
    1983

    Death

    July 1983
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    Lela Wilson lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1897, in the year that Lela Wilson 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 1915, at the age of 18 years old, Lela was alive 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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