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Ona H Penton 1904 - 1995

Ona H Penton of Rainbow City, Etowah County, AL was born on April 5, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on November 10, 1995.
Ona H Penton
Rainbow City, Etowah County, AL 35906
April 5, 1904
November 10, 1995
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  • 04/5
    1904

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    April 5, 1904
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  • 11/10
    1995

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    November 10, 1995
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    Ona H Penton lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1904, in the year that Ona H Penton 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 1922, Ona was 18 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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