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Sheldon Dewees 1904 - 1979

Sheldon Dewees of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa was born on August 29, 1904, and died at age 74 years old in April 1979.

Sheldon Dewees
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Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 52401
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In 1904, in the year that Sheldon Dewees was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1916, Sheldon was only 12 years old when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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Dewees, Adele (Jan 11, 1922 - May 1990) Dewees, Hamilton (Jun 1, 1929 - Nov 20, 2008) Dewees, Rennette (May 22, 1957 - Apr 13, 2001) Dewees, Henry (Jun 17, 1898 - Nov 1984) Dewees, Marian (Aug 19, 1919 - Nov 24, 2007) Dewees, Elizabeth (Aug 23, 1904 - May 1979) Dewees, Raymond (Apr 16, 1894 - Aug 1969) Dewees, Anges (Oct 17, 1895 - Oct 1971) Dewees, Leona (Jun 18, 1935 - Sep 18, 1992) Dewees, Frances (Dec 23, 1894 - Dec 4, 1990)
Dewees, Michael (May 8, 1960 - Jan 1992) Dewees, Katharine (Jul 11, 1904 - Feb 1979) Dewees, Raymond (Apr 10, 1920 - Aug 1976) Dewees, Theresa (Feb 9, 1922 - Jan 1986) Dewees, Ethel (Oct 20, 1893 - Aug 1985) Dewees, Daniel (Dec 11, 1923 - Oct 11, 2009) Dewees, Francis (Mar 12, 1924 - Sep 26, 1992) Dewees, Louise (Dec 8, 1894 - Oct 4, 1987) Dewees, Jane (Feb 3, 1921 - Apr 12, 2006) Dewees, Raymond (Sep 10, 1940 - Mar 24, 2007)
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