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Merle Smith 1886 - 1981

Merle Smith of French Creek, Upshur County, West Virginia was born on January 15, 1886, and died at age 95 years old in January 1981.
Merle Smith
French Creek, Upshur County, West Virginia 26218
January 15, 1886
January 1981
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Merle Smith's History: 1886 - 1981

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    1886

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    January 15, 1886
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  • 01/dd
    1981

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    January 1981
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    Merle Smith lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1886, in the year that Merle Smith was born, on February 14th, the first train left Los Angeles for the East -by the way of the transcontinental railroad - with a cargo of oranges. Due to irrigation and the import of water, Los Angeles was the ideal place to grow oranges - which became a popular addition to Christmas stockings.
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In 1922, at the age of 36 years old, Merle was alive when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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