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Leola Merritt 1877 - 1979

Leola Merritt of Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico was born on July 5, 1877, and died at age 102 years old in December 1979.
Leola Merritt
Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico 88210
July 5, 1877
December 1979
Female
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Leola Merritt's History: 1877 - 1979

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  • 07/5
    1877

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    July 5, 1877
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  • 12/dd
    1979

    Death

    December 1979
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Leola Merritt lived 30 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 102.
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In 1877, in the year that Leola Merritt was born, on March 2nd, the U.S. presidential election of 1876 was ended with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner. Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote in November 1876 but 20 votes in the electoral college were in dispute. An informal agreement was made in which Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, ending Reconstruction in the South. So, on March 4th, Rutherford B. Hayes became the 19th President of the United States.
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In 1880, at the age of just 3 years old, Leola was alive when on August 26th, P. T. Barnum and James A. Bailey signed a contract in Bridgeport, CT, creating the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Twenty-seven years later, the Barnum and Bailey would merge with another circus, Ringling Brothers.
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