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Merl Gates 1903 - 1999

Merl Gates of Parkersburg, Wood County, WV was born on February 22, 1903, and died at age 95 years old on January 23, 1999.
Merl Gates
Parkersburg, Wood County, WV 26101
February 22, 1903
January 23, 1999
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Merl Gates' History: 1903 - 1999

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  • 02/22
    1903

    Birthday

    February 22, 1903
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  • 01/23
    1999

    Death

    January 23, 1999
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    Merl Gates lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1903, in the year that Merl Gates was born, the United States Department of Commerce and Labor was created by President Theodore Roosevelt to control the excesses of big business. Renamed the Department of Commerce 10 years later, many departments concerned with workers were transferred to the Department of Labor at that time. Another spin-off, the Bureau of Corporations, became the Federal Trade Commission.
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In 1914, Merl was merely 11 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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