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George Willis 1886 - 1974

George Willis of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina was born on March 4, 1886, and died at age 88 years old in March 1974.
George Willis
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina 29302
March 4, 1886
March 1974
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George Willis' History: 1886 - 1974

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    1886

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    March 4, 1886
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    1974

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    March 1974
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    George Willis lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1886, in the year that George Willis was born, on October 28th, President Grover Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of Liberty. A gift from France, the base for the statue had been built using donations from the American public. The unplanned but enthusiastic celebration after the dedication led to the first ticker tape parade.
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In 1904, George was 18 years old when 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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