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Roy Draughan 1906 - 1972

Roy Draughan of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois was born on January 29, 1906, and died at age 66 years old in November 1972.
Roy Draughan
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois 62650
January 29, 1906
November 1972
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    1906

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    January 29, 1906
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  • 11/dd
    1972

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    November 1972
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    Roy Draughan lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1906, in the year that Roy Draughan was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1911, at the age of just 5 years old, Roy was alive when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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