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Ruth Mcmurtry 1897 - 1980

Ruth Mcmurtry of Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee was born on March 11, 1897, and died at age 83 years old in December 1980.
Ruth Mcmurtry
Goodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee 37072
March 11, 1897
December 1980
Female
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Ruth Mcmurtry's History: 1897 - 1980

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    1897

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    March 11, 1897
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  • 12/dd
    1980

    Death

    December 1980
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    Ruth Mcmurtry lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1897, in the year that Ruth Mcmurtry was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1934, Ruth was 37 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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