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William R Settles 1890 - 1977

William R Settles of Boston, Suffolk County, MA was born on August 12, 1890, and died at age 86 years old on April 15, 1977.
William R Settles
Boston, Suffolk County, MA 02121
August 12, 1890
April 15, 1977
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    1890

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    August 12, 1890
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  • 04/15
    1977

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    April 15, 1977
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    William R Settles lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1890, in the year that William R Settles was born, 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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In 1918, William was 28 years old when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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