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Bessie Devaney 1890 - 1973

Bessie Devaney of Waterville, Douglas County, Washington was born on January 20, 1890, and died at age 83 years old in January 1973.
Bessie Devaney
Waterville, Douglas County, Washington 98858
January 20, 1890
January 1973
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    1890

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    January 20, 1890
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    1973

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    January 1973
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    Bessie Devaney lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1890, in the year that Bessie Devaney was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1940, by the time she was 50 years old, in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.
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