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Bernice R Backsmeyer 1922 - 2010

Bernice R Backsmeyer of Carlyle, Clinton County, IL was born on July 16, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on June 2, 2010.
Bernice R Backsmeyer
Carlyle, Clinton County, IL 62231
July 16, 1922
June 2, 2010
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  • 07/16
    1922

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    July 16, 1922
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  • 06/2
    2010

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    June 2, 2010
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    Bernice R Backsmeyer lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1922, in the year that Bernice R Backsmeyer was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1952, Bernice was 30 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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