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May H Elgin 1874 - 1969

May H Elgin of Corinth, Alcorn County, MS was born on May 12, 1874, and died at age 95 years old on September 15, 1969.
May H Elgin
Corinth, Alcorn County, MS 38834
May 12, 1874
September 15, 1969
Female
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  • 05/12
    1874

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    May 12, 1874
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  • 09/15
    1969

    Death

    September 15, 1969
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    May H Elgin lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1874, in the year that May H Elgin was born, on May 20th, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were approved for a patent for "blue jeans with copper rivets". They charged $13.50 per dozen jeans. Although the term "jeans" was first used in 1795 - in Italy - using rivets to reinforce stress points in jeans such as pockets and the bottom of the fly was an original idea..
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In 1898, May was 24 years old when on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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