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Ben Currie 1872 - 1966

Ben Currie of Centralia, Marion County, IL was born on November 28, 1872, and died at age 93 years old on June 15, 1966.
Ben Currie
Centralia, Marion County, IL 62801
November 28, 1872
June 15, 1966
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Ben Currie's History: 1872 - 1966

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  • 11/28
    1872

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    November 28, 1872
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  • 06/15
    1966

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    June 15, 1966
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    Ben Currie lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1872, in the year that Ben Currie was born, on May 22nd, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872. The Act restored full civil rights to secessionists, including about 150,000 former slaves who had fought in the Confederate Army. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights.
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In 1884, when he was just 12 years old, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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