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Bessie B Smith 1906 - 1999

Bessie B Smith of Byhalia, Marshall County, MS was born on November 23, 1906, and died at age 92 years old on April 24, 1999.
Bessie B Smith
Byhalia, Marshall County, MS 38611
November 23, 1906
April 24, 1999
Female
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Bessie B Smith's History: 1906 - 1999

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  • 11/23
    1906

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    November 23, 1906
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  • 04/24
    1999

    Death

    April 24, 1999
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    Bessie B Smith lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1906, in the year that Bessie B Smith was born, President Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel Prize for Peace. The award was considered controversial at the time because many thought that he was an imperialist. But he had brokered peace between Russia and Japan a year previous and had allowed a dispute between Mexico and the U.S. to go to arbitration, resolving the issue peacefully rather than resorting to military conflict. For these two reasons, the Nobel Prize committee chose him for the Peace Prize.
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In 1912, at the age of merely 6 years old, Bessie was alive when in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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