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Bess Carter 1879 - 1968

Bess Carter of Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois was born on July 8, 1879, and died at age 88 years old in February 1968.
Bess Carter
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois 61938
July 8, 1879
February 1968
Female
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    1879

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    July 8, 1879
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    1968

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    February 1968
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In 1879, in the year that Bess Carter was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1909, when she was 30 years old, explorer Robert Peary, a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy, claimed to have been the first to have reached the geographic North Pole. His claim has been disputed for over a century - some say that he ended up 60 miles from the North Pole. Peary was the only navigator on his team and he didn't submit his records for public review.
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