101 - Ellie Watson - Old Orchard Cemetery - Petersburg, TN
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Centenarian Ellie Watson is laid to rest at Petersburg's Old Orchard Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM11RAP
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/09/2019
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Ellie Watson's final resting place is at Old Orchard Cemetery. She shares a double, horizontal marker with her spouse Frank.
Text on headstone:
Watson
Frank
1868-1953
Ellie
1854-1956
Some historical events that occurred during Ellie's time on earth:
1854: In Egypt, the Suez Canal Company is formed.
1864: Gallaudet University is founded in Washington, D.C., as the first university for the deaf and hard of hearing
1874: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans, with copper rivets. The price is $13.50 per dozen.
1884: Letitia Alice Walkington becomes the first woman to receive a degree from the Royal University of Ireland.
1894: Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
1904: The first large-scale bodybuilding competition in America takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1914: Germany declares war on Belgium.
1924: A flash fire at a Christmas celebration in a one-room schoolhouse in Babbs, Oklahoma kills 36 people, mostly small children.
1934: Rudyard Kipling and William Butler Yeats are awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Poetry.
1944: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet radio show debuts in the United States.
1956: American actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
Location of Headstone: Old Orchard Cemetery
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