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Okie T Shelby 1904 - 1992

Okie T Shelby of Kevil, McCracken County, KY was born on July 7, 1904, and died at age 87 years old in April 1992.
Okie T Shelby
Kevil, McCracken County, KY 42053
July 7, 1904
April 1992
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Okie T Shelby's History: 1904 - 1992

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  • 07/7
    1904

    Birthday

    July 7, 1904
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  • 04/dd
    1992

    Death

    April 1992
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    Okie T Shelby lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1904, in the year that Okie T Shelby was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1915, at the age of merely 11 years old, Okie was alive 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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