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Bessie Helen Upolesherrill 1906 - 2009

Bessie Helen Upolesherrill of Lewes, Sussex County, DE was born on June 27, 1906, and died at age 102 years old on May 24, 2009.
Bessie Helen Upolesherrill
Lewes, Sussex County, DE 19958
June 27, 1906
May 24, 2009
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  • 06/27
    1906

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    June 27, 1906
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  • 05/24
    2009

    Death

    May 24, 2009
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    Bessie Helen Upolesherrill lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 102.
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In 1906, in the year that Bessie Helen Upolesherrill 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 1919, when she was only 13 years old, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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