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Mattie Gist 1897 - 1990

Mattie Gist of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on August 22, 1897, and died at age 93 years old in October 1990.
Mattie Gist
Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48210
August 22, 1897
October 1990
Female
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Mattie Gist's History: 1897 - 1990

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  • 08/22
    1897

    Birthday

    August 22, 1897
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  • 10/dd
    1990

    Death

    October 1990
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    Mattie Gist lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1897, in the year that Mattie Gist 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 1916, at the age of 19 years old, Mattie was alive when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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