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William Whitson 1907 - 1969

William Whitson of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon was born on May 8, 1907, and died at age 62 years old in November 1969.
William Whitson
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 97232
May 8, 1907
November 1969
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    1907

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    May 8, 1907
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  • 11/dd
    1969

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    November 1969
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    William Whitson lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1907, in the year that William Whitson was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.
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In 1924, at the age of 17 years old, William was alive 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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