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Bessie Hollingswort 1920 - 2006

Bessie Hollingswort of Fittstown, Pontotoc County, OK was born on September 25, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on March 11, 2006.
Bessie Hollingswort
Fittstown, Pontotoc County, OK 74842
September 25, 1920
March 11, 2006
Female
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Bessie Hollingswort's History: 1920 - 2006

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  • 09/25
    1920

    Birthday

    September 25, 1920
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  • 03/11
    2006

    Death

    March 11, 2006
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    Bessie Hollingswort lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1920, in the year that Bessie Hollingswort was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1934, Bessie was just 14 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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