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Roy Grippin 1882 - 1966

Roy Grippin of Lafayette, Yamhill County, Oregon was born on August 1, 1882, and died at age 84 years old in December 1966.
Roy Grippin
Lafayette, Yamhill County, Oregon 97127
August 1, 1882
December 1966
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    1882

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    August 1, 1882
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  • 12/dd
    1966

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    December 1966
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    Roy Grippin lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1882, in the year that Roy Grippin was born, on September 4th, the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in the U.S. - at 255-257 Pearl Street - was flipped by Thomas Edison. It lit one square mile of lower Manhattan and was powered by coal. The "electrical age" had begun.
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In 1935, at the age of 53 years old, Roy was alive when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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