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Dessie Merrill 1884 - 1968

Dessie Merrill of Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia was born on February 25, 1884, and died at age 84 years old in February 1968.
Dessie Merrill
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia 26554
February 25, 1884
February 1968
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Dessie Merrill's History: 1884 - 1968

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    1884

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    February 25, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1968

    Death

    February 1968
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    Dessie Merrill lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1884, in the year that Dessie Merrill was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1897, she was only 13 years old when on March 4th, William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States. He had beaten William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election by 51% to 46.7% in the popular vote. Six months into his second term as President, McKinley was assassinated.
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