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Ray Ownbey 1900 - 1998

Ray Ownbey of Amarillo, Potter County, TX was born on June 22, 1900, and died at age 97 years old on February 3, 1998.
Ray Ownbey
Amarillo, Potter County, TX 79106
June 22, 1900
February 3, 1998
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  • 06/22
    1900

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    June 22, 1900
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  • 02/3
    1998

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    February 3, 1998
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    Ray Ownbey lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1900, in the year that Ray Ownbey was born, a massive hurricane, known as the Great Galveston hurricane, hit Galveston Texas. Winds hit up to 145 miles an hour (category 4) and it remains the single most deadly event in U.S. history. Between 6,000 and 12,000 died (most estimates are around 8,000 dead). The population of Galveston at the time was about 36,000 people in 1900.
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In 1922, at the age of 22 years old, Ray was alive when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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