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Mary Burwell 1886 - 1974

Mary Burwell of Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina was born on October 29, 1886, and died at age 87 years old in July 1974.
Mary Burwell
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina 27565
October 29, 1886
July 1974
Female
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Mary Burwell's History: 1886 - 1974

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    1974

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    July 1974
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    Mary Burwell lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1886, in the year that Mary Burwell was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1890, at the age of only 4 years old, Mary was alive when on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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