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Willis Blades 1888 - 1968

Willis Blades of Venice, Madison County, Illinois was born on March 12, 1888, and died at age 80 years old in March 1968.
Willis Blades
Venice, Madison County, Illinois 62090
March 12, 1888
March 1968
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Willis Blades' History: 1888 - 1968

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  • 03/12
    1888

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    March 12, 1888
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  • 03/dd
    1968

    Death

    March 1968
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    Willis Blades 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 Willis Blades 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 1900, at the age of only 12 years old, Willis was alive when the U.S. helped put down Boxer Rebellion. The Boxer Rebellion took place in China, where the presence of "outsiders" (foreigners) was resented. The United States, along with Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and Russia, had business interests in China and these countries all sent troops to put down the Rebellion and keep China open to their presence and to Christian missionaries.
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