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Opal E Matcham 1907 - 2001

Opal E Matcham of Pekin, Tazewell County, IL was born on August 16, 1907, and died at age 94 years old on November 12, 2001.
Opal E Matcham
Pekin, Tazewell County, IL 61554
August 16, 1907
November 12, 2001
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  • 08/16
    1907

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    August 16, 1907
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  • 11/12
    2001

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    November 12, 2001
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    Opal E Matcham lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1907, in the year that Opal E Matcham 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.
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In 1924, by the time she was 17 years old, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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