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Sam Riley 1884 - 1963

Sam Riley of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on August 4, 1884, and died at age 79 years old in August 1963.
Sam Riley
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49507
August 4, 1884
August 1963
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    1884

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    August 4, 1884
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    1963

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    August 1963
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    Sam Riley lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1884, in the year that Sam Riley was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1901, when he was 17 years old, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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