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William H Leemon 1888 - 1968

William H Leemon of Vinton, Benton County, IA was born on October 10, 1888, and died at age 79 years old on June 15, 1968.
William H Leemon
Vinton, Benton County, IA 52349
October 10, 1888
June 15, 1968
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    1888

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    October 10, 1888
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  • 06/15
    1968

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    June 15, 1968
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    William H Leemon lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1888, in the year that William H Leemon was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1904, at the age of 16 years old, William was alive when the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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