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Lorena Matthews 1904 - 1986

Lorena Matthews of Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee was born on August 15, 1904, and died at age 81 years old in May 1986.
Lorena Matthews
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee 37917
August 15, 1904
May 1986
Female
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Lorena Matthews' History: 1904 - 1986

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  • 08/15
    1904

    Birthday

    August 15, 1904
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  • 05/dd
    1986

    Death

    May 1986
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    Lorena Matthews lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1904, in the year that Lorena Matthews 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, at the age of merely 15 years old, Lorena was alive 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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