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Sampson Russell 1894 - 1971

Sampson Russell of Tennessee was born on December 18, 1894, and died at age 76 years old in April 1971.
Sampson Russell
Tennessee 37734
December 18, 1894
April 1971
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Sampson Russell's History: 1894 - 1971

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  • 12/18
    1894

    Birthday

    December 18, 1894
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  • 04/dd
    1971

    Death

    April 1971
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Sampson Russell lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1894, in the year that Sampson Russell 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 1904, at the age of only 10 years old, Sampson 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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