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Elkannah Gibson 1904 - 1974

Elkannah Gibson of Shawsville, Montgomery County, Virginia was born on November 11, 1904, and died at age 69 years old in October 1974.
Elkannah Gibson
Shawsville, Montgomery County, Virginia 24162
November 11, 1904
October 1974
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Elkannah Gibson's History: 1904 - 1974

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  • 11/11
    1904

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    November 11, 1904
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  • 10/dd
    1974

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    October 1974
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    Elkannah Gibson lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1904, in the year that Elkannah Gibson was born, 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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In 1916, when this person was just 12 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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