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William Edwards 1889 - 1976

William Edwards of Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois was born on October 4, 1889, and died at age 86 years old in August 1976.
William Edwards
Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois 62946
October 4, 1889
August 1976
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    1889

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    October 4, 1889
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  • 08/dd
    1976

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    August 1976
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    William Edwards lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1889, in the year that William Edwards was born, on April 22nd, at "high noon," about 50,000 people took off to claim open lands in the Land Rush of 1889. Called the "Unassigned Lands," part or all of 6 counties in Oklahoma were up for grabs. By the end of the day, Oklahoma City and Guthrie were created - each with about 10,000 inhabitants.
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In 1890, when he was merely 1 year old, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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