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Ruth Elerby 1903 - 2009

Ruth Elerby of Hermitage, Mercer County, PA was born on July 6, 1903, and died at age 106 years old on November 18, 2009.
Ruth Elerby
Hermitage, Mercer County, PA 16148
July 6, 1903
November 18, 2009
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  • 07/6
    1903

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    July 6, 1903
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  • 11/18
    2009

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    November 18, 2009
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    Ruth Elerby lived 40 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 106.
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In 1903, in the year that Ruth Elerby was born, the book The Souls of Black Folk, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, was published. Containing several essays on the African-American experience in America, much of the book was based on Du Bois' own life. The book was one of the very early works in the science of sociology.
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In 1918, at the age of only 15 years old, Ruth was alive when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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