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Allice Purvis 1897 - 1974

Allice Purvis of Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas was born on November 12, 1897, and died at age 76 years old in February 1974.
Allice Purvis
Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas 72040
November 12, 1897
February 1974
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Allice Purvis' History: 1897 - 1974

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    1897

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    November 12, 1897
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  • 02/dd
    1974

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    February 1974
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    Allice Purvis lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1897, in the year that Allice Purvis was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1925, at the age of 28 years old, Allice was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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