101 - Edith S. Thompson - Kolb Cemetery - Spencer, OK
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Edith S. Thompson was born the same year that the first Surgeon General was appointed.
Waymark Code: WMG39X
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2013
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The final resting place of Edith is at the far southeast corner of Kolb Cemetery. Hers is a light grey, flat marker that is only a few feet from the road.
Text on marker:
Edith S.
Feb. 24, 1871
Mar. 23, 1972
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Edith's time on earth:
1871: The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1881: Sioux chief Sitting Bull leads the last of his fugitive people in surrender to United States troops at Fort Buford in Montana.
1891: The London-Paris telephone system is opened to the general public.
1901: Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism.
1911: Mexican Revolution: Rebels take Agua Prieta on the Sonora–Arizona border; government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader "Red" López is drunk.
1921: Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th President of the United States.
1931: The millennialist Bible Student movement adopts the name Jehovah's Witnesses at a meeting in Columbus, Ohio
1941: Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura begins his duties as Japanese Ambassador to the United States.
1951: Hank Ketcham's best-selling comic strip Dennis the Menace, appeared in newspapers across the U.S. for the first time.
1961: B-52 Stratofortress, with two nuclear bombs, crashes near Goldsboro, North Carolina.
1972: The last draft lottery is held, a watershed event in the wind-down of military conscription in the United States during the Vietnam era. These draft candidates are never called to duty.
Location of Headstone: Kolb Cemetery
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