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Myrtle Matthews 1894 - 1985

Myrtle Matthews of Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas was born on May 27, 1894, and died at age 91 years old in May 1985.
Myrtle Matthews
Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas 75076
May 27, 1894
May 1985
Female
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Myrtle Matthews' History: 1894 - 1985

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    1894

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    May 27, 1894
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    1985

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    May 1985
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    Myrtle Matthews lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1894, in the year that Myrtle Matthews was born, large reserves of oil were discovered on the Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Previously thought to be "useless" land - not even good for farming - the tribe had bought the land themselves. The discovery of oil made the Osage the "richest group of people in the world" at the time.
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In 1943, she was 49 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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