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Benjamin Riggan 1899 - 1975

Benjamin Riggan of Cary, Wake County, North Carolina was born on April 2, 1899, and died at age 76 years old in September 1975.
Benjamin Riggan
Cary, Wake County, North Carolina 27511
April 2, 1899
September 1975
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Benjamin Riggan's History: 1899 - 1975

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    1899

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    April 2, 1899
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  • 09/dd
    1975

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    September 1975
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    Benjamin Riggan lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1899, in the year that Benjamin Riggan was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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In 1925, by the time he was 26 years old, 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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