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Walter Howry 1872 - 1969

Walter Howry (1872 - 1969)
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Walter Howry
Last Known Residence
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 17603
Born
June 18, 1872
Death
July 1969
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Walter Howry of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was born on June 18, 1872, and died at age 97 years old in July 1969.

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Walter Howry passed away at age 97 years old in July 1969. Walter Howry of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was born on June 18, 1872.

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Walter Howry lived 24 years longer than the average Howry family member when he died at the age of 97.
The average age of a Howry family member is 73.
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1872 - 1969 World Events

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In 1872, in the year that Walter Howry was born, on May 22nd, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872. The Act restored full civil rights to secessionists, including about 150,000 former slaves who had fought in the Confederate Army. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights.

In 1898, he was 26 years old when magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.

In 1918, at the age of 46 years old, Walter was alive when on November 11th, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending the fighting on the Western Front in World War I. This meant a complete defeat of Germany although Germany never formally surrendered. It took another six months of negotiations to sign an actual peace treaty between the warring parties.

In 1954, at the age of 82 years old, Walter was alive when on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.

In 1969, in the year of Walter Howry's passing, on January 20th, Richard M. Nixon became the 37th President of the United States. Previously the Vice President to President Eisenhower, Nixon was the only President to resign in office - in his second term.

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