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Pearl M Harmon 1902 - 2001

Pearl M (Higgins) Harmon of Eastham, Barnstable County, MA was born on August 20, 1902 in Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia United States, and died at age 99 years old on October 26, 2001 at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, FL. Pearl Harmon was buried at Woodside Cemetery in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, MA.

Pearl M (Higgins) Harmon
Pearl M Higgins
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Eastham, Barnstable County, MA 02642
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August 20, 1902
Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States
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October 26, 2001
Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States
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    Pearl's father was Pink Monroe Higgins, born about 1868 in North Carolina. He died in 1952. Her mother was Mary Higgins, born in September 1869 in Virginia. She died May 8 1945. She had siblings Sarah R, Charles Greever, Cora, Minnie, William M., and James, Mamie and Mattie, and George Crocket. Pearl married on June 26 1918 in Bandy Virginia and had a daughter, Irene Delphia Harmon, 1920 - 1991. In the 1910 census, Pearl age 9 was living with her parents Pink, 43, and Mary, 41, and siblings Greever C. age 19, Cora age 16, Minnie age 14, William age 12, James age 7, Mamie age 5, and Mattie age 3. Pink was a farmer and son Greever was a laborer. According to her Oct 31 2001 obituary in the Tampa Bay Times, Pearl was 101 at the time of her death. She moved to Florida from Randolph MA in 1980. Episode 177 of the television show Friends was dedicated to Pearl. It's believed she was a relative of a script writer for that episode.
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    August 20, 1902
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    Bandy, Tazewell County, Virginia United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Caucasian

  • Nationality & Locations

    US citizen born in Virginia.

  • Early Life & Education

    According to the 1910 census, Pearl was attending school at age 9

  • Religious Beliefs

    Protestant according to her obituary

  • Professional Career

    Her obituary says that she was a housewife
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    October 26, 2001
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    Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital in Tarpon Springs, Florida United States
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    Woodside Cemetery in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts 02673, United States
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  • Obituary

    Pearl M Harmon passed away on October 26, 2001 in Eastham, Massachusetts at 99 years old. She was buried in Woodside Cemetery, Yarmouth, Massachusetts. She was born on August 20, 1902 in Bandy, Virginia. According to her obituary in the Tampa Bay Times on Oct 18 2001, Pearl was survived by 3 grandchildren - Paul J Le Blanc, Marica Farley, and Karen Le Blanc, 10 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
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In 1902, in the year that Pearl M Harmon was born, about 150 thousand United Mine Workers went on strike in eastern Pennsylvania for a wage increase and more suitable hours. They eventually got a 10% raise and their workday was reduced from 10 hours to 9. Because winter was coming and most people at the time heated their homes with coal, President Teddy Roosevelt arbitrated between the owners and the workers - the first time that the Federal government arbitrated in a strike.
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In 1925, at the age of 23 years old, Pearl was alive when gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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