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Samuel Melvin 1917 - 1984

Samuel Melvin of Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia was born on January 27, 1917, and died at age 67 years old in February 1984.
Samuel Melvin
Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia 25162
January 27, 1917
February 1984
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Samuel Melvin's History: 1917 - 1984

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  • 01/27
    1917

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    January 27, 1917
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  • 02/dd
    1984

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    February 1984
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    Samuel Melvin lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1917, in the year that Samuel Melvin was born, it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.
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In 1943, when he was 26 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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