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Lela B Purswell 1904 - 1992

Lela B Purswell of Conroe, Montgomery County, TX was born on January 9, 1904, and died at age 88 years old in March 1992.
Lela B Purswell
Conroe, Montgomery County, TX 77301
January 9, 1904
March 1992
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Lela B Purswell's History: 1904 - 1992

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  • 01/9
    1904

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    January 9, 1904
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  • 03/dd
    1992

    Death

    March 1992
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    Lela B Purswell lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1904, in the year that Lela B Purswell was born, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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In 1914, she was just 10 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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