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Melvin J Barrett 1901 - 2002

Melvin J Barrett of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on July 21, 1901, and died at age 100 years old on May 29, 2002.
Melvin J Barrett
Portland, Multnomah County, OR 97213
July 21, 1901
May 29, 2002
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Melvin J Barrett's History: 1901 - 2002

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  • 07/21
    1901

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    July 21, 1901
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  • 05/29
    2002

    Death

    May 29, 2002
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    Melvin J Barrett lived 28 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1901, in the year that Melvin J Barrett was born, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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In 1943, at the age of 42 years old, Melvin 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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