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Orrel Purkey 1900 - 1972

Orrel Purkey of Berryton, Shawnee County, Kansas was born on April 15, 1900, and died at age 71 years old in February 1972.
Orrel Purkey
Berryton, Shawnee County, Kansas 66409
April 15, 1900
February 1972
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  • 04/15
    1900

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    April 15, 1900
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  • 02/dd
    1972

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    February 1972
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    Orrel Purkey lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1900, in the year that Orrel Purkey was born, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."
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In 1916, when this person was 16 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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