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Samuel Wheeler 1922 - 1969

Samuel Wheeler was born on January 27, 1922, and died at age 47 years old in May 1969. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Samuel Wheeler.
Samuel Wheeler
January 27, 1922
May 1969
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  • 01/27
    1922

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    January 27, 1922
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  • 05/dd
    1969

    Death

    May 1969
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    Samuel Wheeler lived 25 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 47.
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In 1922, in the year that Samuel Wheeler was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1934, at the age of just 12 years old, Samuel was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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