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Ruby West 1899 - 1996

Ruby West of Canton, Van Zandt County, TX was born on August 13, 1899, and died at age 96 years old on February 8, 1996.
Ruby West
Canton, Van Zandt County, TX 75103
August 13, 1899
February 8, 1996
Female
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  • 08/13
    1899

    Birthday

    August 13, 1899
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  • 02/8
    1996

    Death

    February 8, 1996
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    Ruby West lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1899, in the year that Ruby West was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1912, she was only 13 years old when in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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