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Melpha Adamson 1909 - 1999

Melpha Adamson of Turner, Marion County, OR was born on October 17, 1909, and died at age 89 years old on June 10, 1999.
Melpha Adamson
Turner, Marion County, OR 97392
October 17, 1909
June 10, 1999
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  • 10/17
    1909

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    October 17, 1909
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  • 06/10
    1999

    Death

    June 10, 1999
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    Melpha Adamson lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1909, in the year that Melpha Adamson was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".
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In 1943, at the age of 34 years old, Melpha was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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