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Grover Sims 1884 - 1974

Grover Sims of Woodville, Tyler County, Texas was born on October 7, 1884, and died at age 89 years old in May 1974.
Grover Sims
Woodville, Tyler County, Texas 75979
October 7, 1884
May 1974
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Grover Sims' History: 1884 - 1974

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    1884

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    October 7, 1884
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  • 05/dd
    1974

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    May 1974
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    Grover Sims lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1884, in the year that Grover Sims was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1898, he was merely 14 years old when on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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