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Bessie Houston 1918 - 1988

Bessie Houston of Fairhope, Baldwin County, AL was born on December 25, 1918, and died at age 69 years old in June 1988.

Bessie Houston

Fairhope, Baldwin County, AL 36532

December 25, 1918

June 1988

Female

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December 25, 1918

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June 1988

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Bessie Houston lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.

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In 1918, in the year that Bessie Houston was born, in January, President Wilson presented his Fourteen Points, which assured citizens that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and outlined a plan for postwar peace in Europe. The only leader of the Allies to present such a plan, the Europeans thought Wilson was being too idealistic. The points included free trade, open agreements, democracy and self-determination. They were based on the research and suggestions of 150 advisors.

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In 1922, when she was just 4 years old, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

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