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Merle Owen 1895 - 1987

Merle Owen of Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota was born on September 16, 1895, and died at age 91 years old in February 1987.
Merle Owen
Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota 57201
September 16, 1895
February 1987
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Merle Owen's History: 1895 - 1987

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    1895

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    September 16, 1895
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    1987

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    February 1987
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    Merle Owen lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1895, in the year that Merle Owen was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1904, at the age of merely 9 years old, Merle was alive when 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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