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Ben Gates 1886 - 1965

Ben Gates of Floresville, Wilson County, Texas was born on August 20, 1886, and died at age 78 years old in April 1965.
Ben Gates
Floresville, Wilson County, Texas 78114
August 20, 1886
April 1965
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Ben Gates' History: 1886 - 1965

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  • 08/20
    1886

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    August 20, 1886
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  • 04/dd
    1965

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    April 1965
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    Ben Gates lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1886, in the year that Ben Gates was born, on February 14th, the first train left Los Angeles for the East -by the way of the transcontinental railroad - with a cargo of oranges. Due to irrigation and the import of water, Los Angeles was the ideal place to grow oranges - which became a popular addition to Christmas stockings.
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In 1917, when he was 31 years old, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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