World Events

• Theodore Roosevelt was president.
• Construction begins on Panama Canal.
• Subway opens in New York City.
• A telephone answering machine was invented.
• A first class stamp cost 2 cents.
• Summer Olympics were held in St. Louis in conjunction with the centennial celebration of the Louisiana Purchase.
• The teddy bear, named after President Theodore Roosevelt, is first produced.

Life Details

• Robert L. Wingfield was born in April 1864 in Virginia
• He married Linda F. (born June 1873) in 1897 and they had 3 sons

• Robert C. (October 1898)
• Gordon H. (May 1900)
• Harold H. (1901)