105 - Evelyn Marshall - Grace Hill Cemetery - Perry, OK
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N 36° 16.609 W 097° 16.003
14S E 655676 N 4016045
Evelyn Marshall was born the same year that President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant began his second term.
Waymark Code: WMJE19
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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The final resting place of Evelyn Marshall is at the east side of Grace Hill Cemetery, at the north end of the section.


Text on marker:

Evelyn Marshall
1873 - 1978


Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Evelyn's time on earth:

1873: Henry Rose exhibits barbed wire at an Illinois county fair, which is taken up by Joseph Glidden and Jacob Haish, who invent a machine to mass-produce it.
1883: Oxygen is liquefied for the very first time.
1893: American University is established by an Act of Congress in Washington, D.C.
1903: El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
1913: Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the world (as of 2013).
1923: Time Magazine hits newsstands in the United States for the first time.
1933: The first drive-in movie theater opens in Pennsauken Tonwship, near Camden, New Jersey.
1943: United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (MCWR) created
1953: Hugh Hefner publishes the first issue of Playboy magazine in the United States, featuring a centerfold nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe; it sells 54,175 copies at $.50 each.
1963: Director Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds" is released in the United States.
1973: Super Bowl VII: The Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins, 14–7, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, to complete the NFL's first Perfect Season in front of 90,182 fans.
1978: The One Love Peace Concert is held at National Heroes Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley unites 2 opposing political leaders at this concert, bringing peace to the civil war-ridden streets of the city.
Location of Headstone: Grace Hill Cemetery

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