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Mertie Scarbrough 1897 - 1992

Mertie Scarbrough was born on November 11, 1897, and died at age 94 years old on March 2, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mertie Scarbrough.
Mertie Scarbrough
November 11, 1897
March 2, 1992
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  • 11/11
    1897

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    November 11, 1897
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  • 03/2
    1992

    Death

    March 2, 1992
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    Mertie Scarbrough lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1897, in the year that Mertie Scarbrough was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1915, she was 18 years old when in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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