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William Grinnell 1894 - 1981

William Grinnell of Hope, Providence County, RI was born on July 18, 1894, and died at age 86 years old in May 1981.
William Grinnell
Hope, Providence County, RI 02831
July 18, 1894
May 1981
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William Grinnell's History: 1894 - 1981

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    1894

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    July 18, 1894
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  • 05/dd
    1981

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    May 1981
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    William Grinnell lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1894, in the year that William Grinnell was born, large reserves of oil were discovered on the Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Previously thought to be "useless" land - not even good for farming - the tribe had bought the land themselves. The discovery of oil made the Osage the "richest group of people in the world" at the time.
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In 1924, William was 30 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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