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Theophia Emery 1904 - 1983

Theophia Emery of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on May 8, 1904, and died at age 79 years old on May 23, 1983. Theophia Emery was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section A Site 439 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis.
Theophia Emery
Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38126
May 8, 1904
May 23, 1983
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  • 05/8
    1904

    Birthday

    May 8, 1904
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/23
    1983

    Death

    May 23, 1983
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Memphis National Cemetery Section A Site 439 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn 38122
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In 1904, in the year that Theophia Emery 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 1911, this person was merely 7 years old when the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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