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Benton R Purdie 1898 - 1998

Benton R Purdie of Chesapeake, Chesapeake City County, VA was born on April 15, 1898, and died at age 100 years old on April 16, 1998.
Benton R Purdie
Chesapeake, Chesapeake City County, VA 23325
April 15, 1898
April 16, 1998
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  • 04/15
    1898

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    April 15, 1898
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  • 04/16
    1998

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    April 16, 1998
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    Benton R Purdie lived 30 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1898, in the year that Benton R Purdie was born, on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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In 1908, Benton was just 10 years old when a mysterious Siberian explosion leveled over 770 square miles of forest. There were no human casualties. Explanations of the explosion have included a comet, meteorite, natural atomic explosion, or a crashed UFO. Although it is called an impact event - the largest one in recorded earth history - there is no crater and it is widely thought that the explosion was caused by a meteor exploding 3 to 6 miles above the earth.
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