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Lillard Gentry 1904 - 1981

Lillard Gentry of Goshen, Rockbridge County, Virginia was born on February 25, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in September 1981.
Lillard Gentry
Goshen, Rockbridge County, Virginia 24439
February 25, 1904
September 1981
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    1904

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    February 25, 1904
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    1981

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    September 1981
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In 1904, in the year that Lillard Gentry 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 1911, at the age of only 7 years old, Lillard was alive when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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