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Wiley Purcell 1877 - 1968

Wiley Purcell of Colby, Thomas County, Kansas was born on July 12, 1877, and died at age 90 years old in June 1968.
Wiley Purcell
Colby, Thomas County, Kansas 67701
July 12, 1877
June 1968
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Wiley Purcell's History: 1877 - 1968

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  • 07/12
    1877

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    July 12, 1877
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  • 06/dd
    1968

    Death

    June 1968
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    Wiley Purcell lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1877, in the year that Wiley Purcell was born, on July 14th, strikes and resulting riots began at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. A sympathy strike and rioting began in Pittsburgh and a worker's rebellion began in St. Louis, then spread to other cities. 100 people were killed before the strikes ended when President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to each of the cities involved.
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In 1904, he was 27 years old when the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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