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Gillis Hood 1904 - 2005

Gillis Hood of Clayton, Johnston County, NC was born on November 28, 1904, and died at age 100 years old on September 14, 2005.
Gillis Hood
Clayton, Johnston County, NC 27520
November 28, 1904
September 14, 2005
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Gillis Hood's History: 1904 - 2005

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  • 11/28
    1904

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    November 28, 1904
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  • 09/14
    2005

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    September 14, 2005
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    Gillis Hood lived 28 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1904, in the year that Gillis Hood 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 1919, Gillis was just 15 years old when on January 6th, President Theodore Roosevelt died. Having gone to bed the previous night after being treated for breathing problems, the ex-President died in his sleep from a clot that had traveled to his lungs. He was 60. After a simple service, Roosevelt was buried on a hillside overlooking Oyster Bay.
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