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Willis Walker 1884 - 1980

Willis Walker of Dunbar, Kanawha County, West Virginia was born on July 14, 1884, and died at age 96 years old in November 1980.
Willis Walker
Dunbar, Kanawha County, West Virginia 25064
July 14, 1884
November 1980
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  • 07/14
    1884

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    July 14, 1884
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  • 11/dd
    1980

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    November 1980
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    Willis Walker lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1884, in the year that Willis Walker was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1901, at the age of 17 years old, Willis was alive when John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
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