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Retha Rizley 1879 - 1968

Retha Rizley of Beaver, Beaver County, Oklahoma was born on September 3, 1879, and died at age 88 years old in January 1968.

Retha Rizley
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Beaver, Beaver County, Oklahoma 73932
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September 3, 1879
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January 1968
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Updated: November 7, 2011
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In 1879, in the year that Retha Rizley was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1888, at the age of merely 9 years old, Retha was alive when on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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Rizley, Louise (May 24, 1910 - Mar 30, 2002) Rizley, Stella (Jul 30, 1883 - Oct 1973) Rizley, Sam (Oct 6, 1891 - Jun 1969) Rizley, Roy (Sep 10, 1920 - Jul 1995) Rizley, Clinnie (Aug 15, 1923 - Aug 1995) Rizley, Dennie (May 17, 1897 - Mar 1981) Rizley, Evelyn (Aug 8, 1910 - Feb 21, 1990) Rizley, William (May 31, 1920 - Nov 4, 2003) Rizley, Meda (May 25, 1915 - Feb 2, 1989) Rizley, William (Feb 11, 1905 - Jan 1977)
Rizley, Albert (Sep 22, 1936 - Jan 1988) Rizley, Quentin (Jun 14, 1920 - Mar 18, 1990) Rizley, Robert (Jun 11, 1923 - Oct 31, 2006) Rizley, Ross (Jul 5, 1892 - Mar 1969) Rizley, David (Aug 13, 1954 - May 13, 1994) Rizley, Arthur (Feb 9, 1944 - Mar 26, 2011) Rizley, Margaret (Dec 27, 1921 - Sep 1, 1999) Rizley, Levert (Apr 30, 1920 - Sep 1985) Rizley, Lowell (Oct 14, 1924 - Apr 26, 2009) Rizley, Maude (Oct 21, 1896 - Apr 1976)
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