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Bessie Braid 1915 - 2010

Bessie Braid of San Antonio, Bexar County, TX was born on November 5, 1915, and died at age 94 years old on June 26, 2010.
Bessie Braid
San Antonio, Bexar County, TX 78258
November 5, 1915
June 26, 2010
Female
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  • 11/5
    1915

    Birthday

    November 5, 1915
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  • 06/26
    2010

    Death

    June 26, 2010
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Braid lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1915, in the year that Bessie Braid was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1922, at the age of merely 7 years old, Bessie was alive when 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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