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Mattie R Backus 1912 - 2005

Mattie R Backus of Quitman, Wood County, TX was born on September 3, 1912, and died at age 92 years old on July 19, 2005.
Mattie R Backus
Quitman, Wood County, TX 75783
September 3, 1912
July 19, 2005
Female
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  • 09/3
    1912

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    September 3, 1912
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  • 07/19
    2005

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    July 19, 2005
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    Mattie R Backus lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1912, in the year that Mattie R Backus was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1937, she was 25 years old when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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