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Alex Gillespie 1919 - 1966

Alex Gillespie of Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was born on February 16, 1919, and died at age 47 years old in May 1966.

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In 1919, in the year that Alex Gillespie was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1922, at the age of only 3 years old, Alex was alive when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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Gillespie, Marion (Oct 10, 1908 - Mar 1975) Gillespie, Walter (Mar 29, 1904 - Jun 12, 1988) Gillespie, Gertrude (Dec 11, 1904 - Oct 1985) Gillespie, Mary (Jun 28, 1881 - Sep 1965) Gillespie, Maurice (Sep 22, 1921 - Jul 1980) Gillespie, Jacquelin (Apr 3, 1933 - Jan 8, 1998) Gillespie, Katherine (Sep 11, 1939 - May 1, 2009) Gillespie, Peter (Feb 1, 1939 - Jan 3, 2011) Gillespie, Florence (Dec 12, 1901 - Dec 1986) Gillespie, Evelyn (Jun 14, 1915 - May 17, 2006)
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