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William Edwards 1898 - 1975

William Edwards of Altona, Knox County, Illinois was born on February 27, 1898, and died at age 77 years old in August 1975.
William Edwards
Altona, Knox County, Illinois 61414
February 27, 1898
August 1975
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    1898

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    February 27, 1898
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  • 08/dd
    1975

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    August 1975
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    William Edwards lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1898, in the year that William Edwards was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1928, when he was 30 years old, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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