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William Lightner 1874 - 1963

William Lightner of West Virginia was born on August 9, 1874, and died at age 89 years old in October 1963.

William Lightner
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In 1874, in the year that William Lightner was born, on May 20th, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were approved for a patent for "blue jeans with copper rivets". They charged $13.50 per dozen jeans. Although the term "jeans" was first used in 1795 - in Italy - using rivets to reinforce stress points in jeans such as pockets and the bottom of the fly was an original idea..
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In 1887, he was merely 13 years old when on May 9th, Buffalo Bill's Wild West show opened in London. Founded in 1883, the show was attended - twice - by Queen Victoria and adored by audiences who thrilled to his fanciful acts portraying life in the "Wild West."
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Lightner-Sims, William Lightner, William (1911 - Jun 29, 1967) Lightner, William (Nov 25, 1943 - Jan 25, 1996) Lightner, William (Jul 20, 1909 - Jul 8, 1992) Lightner, William (Nov 10, 1886 - Mar 1965) Lightner, William (Jul 30, 1920 - Mar 5, 2002) Lightner, William (Oct 30, 1916 - Jul 24, 2000) Lightner, William (Oct 8, 1902 - Feb 1984) Lightner, William (Aug 10, 1919 - Jan 28, 2007) Lightner, William (Apr 1, 1886 - Oct 1968)
Lightner, William (Apr 3, 1928 - Feb 1982) Lightner, William (Jul 13, 1908 - Jul 12, 2009) Lightner, William (Sep 7, 1903 - Nov 19, 1992) Lightner, William (Dec 29, 1934 - Jan 3, 2001) Lightner, William (Oct 10, 1916 - Sep 4, 2007) Lightner, William (Jan 5, 1928 - Mar 1986) Lightner, William (Jan 17, 1884 - Jan 1970) Lightner, William (Nov 11, 1928 - Mar 29, 2000) Lightner, William (Jan 1, 1892 - Jul 1962) Lightner, William (Oct 14, 1908 - Mar 1986)

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Lightner, Henryetta (Born Sep 11, 1890) Lightner, Nancy Jane (Born May 24, 1860) Lightner, Betty (Jun 16, 1923 - Jun 1, 1994) Lightner, Dorothy (May 1, 1917 - Jun 3, 1999) Lightner, Gary (Jan 15, 1953 - May 10, 1976) Lightner, William (Oct 2, 1955 - Mar 1979) Lightner, Steven (Sep 22, 1956 - Oct 4, 2009) Lightner, Betty (Apr 9, 1921 - Apr 19, 1994) Lightner, Rosalie (Jan 14, 1920 - Sep 1973) Lightner, Jerome (Jul 22, 1973 - Jan 12, 2006)
Lightner, Austin (Jan 16, 1884 - Sep 1979) Lightner, Susie (Oct 25, 1895 - Nov 1964) Lightner, Omar (Jun 15, 1932 - Mar 22, 1999) Lightner, Richard (Mar 2, 1962 - Mar 12, 2008) Lightner, Lowell (Aug 31, 1917 - Mar 4, 1990) Lightner, Donald (Jun 22, 1927 - Feb 20, 2006) Lightner, Fred (Sep 2, 1897 - Apr 1981) Lightner, Roscella (Nov 3, 1904 - Nov 1974) Lightner, Dorothy (Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 16, 1992) Lightner, Charles (Aug 9, 1937 - Aug 1978)
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