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Otis Williams 1904 - 1981

Otis Williams of Clinton, Dewitt County, Illinois was born on January 11, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in March 1981.
Otis Williams
Clinton, Dewitt County, Illinois 61727
January 11, 1904
March 1981
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Otis Williams' History: 1904 - 1981

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  • 01/11
    1904

    Birthday

    January 11, 1904
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  • 03/dd
    1981

    Death

    March 1981
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Otis Williams lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1904, in the year that Otis Williams 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 1916, at the age of only 12 years old, Otis was alive when 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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