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Avert Gortmaker 1895 - 1973

Avert Gortmaker of Miller, Hand County, South Dakota was born on February 15, 1895, and died at age 78 years old in October 1973.
Avert Gortmaker
Miller, Hand County, South Dakota 57362
February 15, 1895
October 1973
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  • 02/15
    1895

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    February 15, 1895
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  • 10/dd
    1973

    Death

    October 1973
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    Avert Gortmaker lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1895, in the year that Avert Gortmaker was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1925, at the age of 30 years old, Avert 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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