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Orville J Wells 1899 - 1989

Orville J Wells of Quincy, Adams County, IL was born on October 9, 1899, and died at age 89 years old in February 1989.
Orville J Wells
Quincy, Adams County, IL 62301
October 9, 1899
February 1989
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    October 9, 1899
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    1989

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    February 1989
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    Orville J Wells lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1899, in the year that Orville J Wells was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1931, when he was 32 years old, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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