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Born December 16, 1833 • New York
Died April 1, 1911 (aged 77) • Washington, D.C. • United States
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Ben Tillman
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Ruffin, Edmund
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Cesar Chavez
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John Deere
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David Lubin
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Lewis Ralph Jones, c. 1940
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