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Velma Poyner 1892 - 1971

Velma Poyner of Comanche, Comanche County, Texas was born on January 11, 1892, and died at age 79 years old in November 1971.
Velma Poyner
Comanche, Comanche County, Texas 76442
January 11, 1892
November 1971
Female
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    1892

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    January 11, 1892
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  • 11/dd
    1971

    Death

    November 1971
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    Velma Poyner lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1892, in the year that Velma Poyner was born, on October 5th, the Dalton Gang was shot. The Gang was attempting to rob two banks - simultaneously - in Coffeyville Kansas but word spread of the robberies and townspeople with guns greeted them when they left the banks. Four members of the gang were killed - only Emmett Dalton survived his wounds and spent 14 years in prison.
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In 1906, at the age of only 14 years old, Velma was alive when author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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