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Byrd Matthews 1898 - 1976

Byrd Matthews of Johnsonville, Florence County, South Carolina was born on October 1, 1898, and died at age 77 years old in January 1976.
Byrd Matthews
Johnsonville, Florence County, South Carolina 29555
October 1, 1898
January 1976
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Byrd Matthews' History: 1898 - 1976

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    1898

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    October 1, 1898
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  • 01/dd
    1976

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    January 1976
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    Byrd Matthews lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1898, in the year that Byrd Matthews was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1904, by the time this person was only 6 years old, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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