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William Caston 1911 - 1974

William Caston was born on May 26, 1911, and died at age 62 years old in February 1974. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Caston.
William Caston
May 26, 1911
February 1974
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    1911

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    May 26, 1911
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  • 02/dd
    1974

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    February 1974
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    William Caston lived 8 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1911, in the year that William Caston was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1922, at the age of merely 11 years old, William was alive when 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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