BORN IN: Troy, N.y.
DIED: 19330629
AGED: 86
DEATH LOCATION: 1460 Jefferson, R.c.
OCCUPATION: At Home
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CURRENT EVENTS:- 1849 California Gold Rush
- 1850 California became the 31st State
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- 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
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- 1866 Ku Klux Klan
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- 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
- 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
- 1876 Baseball's National League
- 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
- 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
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- 1903 First powered flight (Wright Brothers)
- 1906 The San Francisco Earthquake
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- 1920 Prohibition begins
- 1920 Women get to vote
- 1920 The Roaring 20's
- 1927 'Grand Ole Opry' show on Radio
- 1928 Steamboat Willie (Disney)
- 1930 Radios in Cars
- 1930 Serial Shows on Radio
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OBITUARY ---------------JANE KOAN WOODWARD
San Mateo Times and Daily News Leader
July 1, 1933
Mrs. Woodward Services Held
Funeral services were held today in Redwood City for Mrs. Jane K. Woodward, 87, wodow of the late Howard B. Woodward, who was the last member of the G. A. R. in Redwood City. Activities of the Redwood City post ceased September 18, 1931, with the death of Woodward.
His widow who lived at 1344 Jefferson Street died suddenly Thurs night while playing cards at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Raff, 1460 Jefferson street. She had been active in affairs of the Gen George S. Evans relife corps until the time of her death. A son Norman F. Koon, Rodeo, and a daughter, Mrs. L. Haussler, Larkspur, Calif, survive.
The service today, under the auspices of the relief corps in Redwood City, was held from the chapel of the James Crowe company, with interment in Union Cemetery, Redwood City.
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