100 - Mary Elizabeth Bush Griffiths - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.984 W 097° 32.261
14S E 632572 N 3933144
Mary Griffiths was born the same year that the Philadelphia Zoo opened, the first public zoo in the U.S.
Waymark Code: WMEKCC
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2012
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The final resting place of Mary Griffiths is at the northeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, in the far west side of the "Love" section. Hers is a flat marker, only 3 feet east of the road. The large monument marking the family plot is one of the most unique that I have seen.
Text on headstone:
Mary Elizabeth Bush Griffiths
June 24, 1874
Dec. 20, 1974
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mary's time on earth:
1874: Democrats gain control of the United States House of Representatives for the first time since 1860
1884: The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is published
1894: A syzygy of planets occurs as Mercury transits the Sun as seen from Venus, and Mercury and Venus both transit the Sun as seen from Saturn. But no two of the transits are simultaneous
1904: U.S. Army engineers begin work on The Panama Canal
1914: Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation
1924: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States
1934: Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker kill 2 young highway patrolmen near Grapevine, Texas
1944: Princess Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet Grimaldi of Monaco, heir to the throne, resigns from her rights in favor of her son Prince Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, later reigning Prince Rainier III of Monaco
1954: Marilyn Monroe marries baseball player Joe DiMaggio
1964: In Manchester, New Hampshire, 14-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside in 1971 by the landmark Fourth Amendment Case "Coolidge vs. New Hampshire
1974: People magazine's first issue released. Mia Farrow is on the cover
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, "Love" section
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