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Willis Abbey 1909 - 1985

Willis Abbey of Conewango Valley, Cattaraugus County, NY was born on July 22, 1909, and died at age 76 years old in September 1985.
Willis Abbey
Conewango Valley, Cattaraugus County, NY 14726
July 22, 1909
September 1985
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    1909

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    July 22, 1909
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  • 09/dd
    1985

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    September 1985
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    Willis Abbey lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1909, in the year that Willis Abbey was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1922, Willis was merely 13 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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