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Bessie King 1895 - 1980

Bessie King of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky was born on February 2, 1895, and died at age 85 years old in September 1980.

Bessie King
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Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 40505
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In 1895, in the year that Bessie King was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1904, at the age of only 9 years old, Bessie was alive when the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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King, Alton (Nov 20, 1874 - May 10, 1969) King, Walter (Born 1911) King, Sarah (Born Oct 4, 1865) Murray, Kathryn  (Born 1850) Butterfield, Sarah Ann (Born Aug 6, 1849) King, Blanche (Born Feb 19, 1895) King, Edward Adkins, Blanche (Born Sep 24, 1899) King, Blanche (Born Sep 24, 1889) King, Rufas (Born Sep 28, 1909)
King, Jerry (Born Nov 10, 1911) King, Eva (Born Aug 21, 1889) King, Purdie (Born Feb 10, 1892) King, Bernice (Born Dec 20, 1892) King, Ralph (Sep 25, 1908 - Apr 13, 1997) King, Gerold (Nov 10, 1911 - Jun 18, 1996) King, Barton (Born Sep 28, 1909) King, Marie (Dec 11, 1941 - Feb 19, 2010) King, Evelyn (Born Dec 17, 1931) King, Leland (Born Feb 2, 1931)
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