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William Gerlach 1897 - 1969

William Gerlach of Portsmouth, Newport County, RI was born on January 13, 1897, and died at age 72 years old in February 1969.

William Gerlach

Portsmouth, Newport County, RI 02871

January 13, 1897

February 1969

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January 13, 1897

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February 1969

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William Gerlach lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.

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In 1897, in the year that William Gerlach 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 1922, by the time he was 25 years old, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

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