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Bessie Merrick 1910 - 1983

Bessie Merrick of Science Hill, Pulaski County, Kentucky was born on March 1, 1910, and died at age 73 years old in July 1983.
Bessie Merrick
Science Hill, Pulaski County, Kentucky 42553
March 1, 1910
July 1983
Female
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Bessie Merrick's History: 1910 - 1983

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    1910

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    March 1, 1910
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  • 07/dd
    1983

    Death

    July 1983
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    Bessie Merrick lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1910, in the year that Bessie Merrick was born, Angel Island, which is in San Francisco Bay, became the immigration center for Asians entering U.S. It was often referred to as "The Ellis Island of the West". Due to restrictive laws against Chinese immigration, many immigrants spent years on the island.
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In 1924, when she was merely 14 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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