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Ruby Totherow 1920 - 1998

Ruby Totherow of Gastonia, Gaston County, NC was born on October 5, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on June 17, 1998.
Ruby Totherow
Gastonia, Gaston County, NC 28052
October 5, 1920
June 17, 1998
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Ruby Totherow's History: 1920 - 1998

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  • 10/5
    1920

    Birthday

    October 5, 1920
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  • 06/17
    1998

    Death

    June 17, 1998
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    Cause of death
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    Ruby Totherow lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1920, in the year that Ruby Totherow was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1952, at the age of 32 years old, Ruby was alive when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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