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Bessie Brown 1905 - 1989

Bessie Brown of Shelby, Bolivar County, MS was born on August 7, 1905, and died at age 84 years old on August 13, 1989.
Bessie Brown
Shelby, Bolivar County, MS 38774
August 7, 1905
August 13, 1989
Female
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Bessie Brown's History: 1905 - 1989

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  • 08/7
    1905

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    August 7, 1905
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  • 08/13
    1989

    Death

    August 13, 1989
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    Bessie Brown lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1905, in the year that Bessie Brown was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1919, Bessie was just 14 years old when on January 6th, President Theodore Roosevelt died. Having gone to bed the previous night after being treated for breathing problems, the ex-President died in his sleep from a clot that had traveled to his lungs. He was 60. After a simple service, Roosevelt was buried on a hillside overlooking Oyster Bay.
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