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Bessie Gillespie 1882 - 1984

Bessie Gillespie of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington was born on June 15, 1882, and died at age 102 years old in December 1984.
Bessie Gillespie
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington 99202
June 15, 1882
December 1984
Female
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    1882

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    June 15, 1882
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  • 12/dd
    1984

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    December 1984
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    Bessie Gillespie lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 102.
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In 1882, in the year that Bessie Gillespie was born, on September 4th, the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in the U.S. - at 255-257 Pearl Street - was flipped by Thomas Edison. It lit one square mile of lower Manhattan and was powered by coal. The "electrical age" had begun.
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In 1892, Bessie was only 10 years old when on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.
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