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Rilla Wells 1887 - 1971

Rilla Wells of New York, New York County, New York was born on September 17, 1887, and died at age 83 years old in March 1971.
Rilla Wells
New York, New York County, New York 10038
September 17, 1887
March 1971
Female
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    1887

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    September 17, 1887
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  • 03/dd
    1971

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    March 1971
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    Rilla Wells lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1887, in the year that Rilla Wells was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.
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In 1898, she was merely 11 years old when on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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