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Ruben Compton 1904 - 1978

Ruben Compton of Ballard, Monroe County, West Virginia was born on October 7, 1904, and died at age 73 years old in January 1978.
Ruben Compton
Ballard, Monroe County, West Virginia 24918
October 7, 1904
January 1978
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  • 10/7
    1904

    Birthday

    October 7, 1904
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  • 01/dd
    1978

    Death

    January 1978
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ruben Compton lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1904, in the year that Ruben Compton was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1919, when he was just 15 years old, in June, the Treaty of Versailles - officially ending World War I - was signed. The European Allies demanded "compensation by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea and from the air.” The requirement of compensation is seen by most as the reason for the collapse of the German economy and gave rise to the rule of Hitler.
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