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Martha Gillespie 1885 - 1978

Martha Gillespie of Troy, Rensselaer County, NY was born on July 29, 1885, and died at age 92 years old in February 1978.
Martha Gillespie
Troy, Rensselaer County, NY 12182
July 29, 1885
February 1978
Female
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Martha Gillespie's History: 1885 - 1978

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    1885

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    July 29, 1885
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    1978

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    February 1978
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    Martha Gillespie lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1885, in the year that Martha Gillespie was born, on February 16th, the first Dow Jones Industrial Average was published by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. The index was 62.76. It represented 12 stocks - American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, Distilling & Cattle Feeding, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, North American, Tennessee Coal and Iron, U.S. Leather pfd. and U.S. Rubber.
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In 1902, when she was 17 years old, about 150 thousand United Mine Workers went on strike in eastern Pennsylvania for a wage increase and more suitable hours. They eventually got a 10% raise and their workday was reduced from 10 hours to 9. Because winter was coming and most people at the time heated their homes with coal, President Teddy Roosevelt arbitrated between the owners and the workers - the first time that the Federal government arbitrated in a strike.
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