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Esther (Vail) Fox

Mayme Lou Maxwell

Edward Minor Fox

Vail 1920's Beachwear, New Jersey

Dorothy (Van Buskirk) Vail

French Bulldon & carriage

Mary & Joe Vail family, OK 1918

Theodore Newton Vail - AT&T President 1918

Jeremiah Vail, Jr. and Eugenia Coleman Vail

Gladys Velma Vail

Thomas Jefferson Vail and Roberta Elizabeth Graham

Eugenia Coleman and Jeremiah Vail, Jr.

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In 1907, in the year that Morgan Vail was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.

In 1910, at the age of merely 3 years old, Morgan was alive when Halley's comet, which returns past the earth every 75 - 76 years was observed photographically for the first time. Two fortuitous events occurred - photography had been invented since the last time the comet had passed and the comet was relatively close. There was panic because one astronomer claimed that the gas from its tail "would impregnate the atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet." People bought gas masks, "anti-comet pills" and "anti-comet umbrellas".

In 1940, Morgan was 33 years old when on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.

In 1981, when he was 74 years old, on January 20th, Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States. He ran against the incumbent, Jimmy Carter, and won 50.7% of the popular vote to Carter's 41.0%.

In 1990, in the year of Morgan Vail's passing, after 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the movement to end South African apartheid was released on February 11th 1990.