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Bessie Smith 1880 - 1970

Bessie Smith of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on April 20, 1880, and died at age 90 years old in May 1970.
Bessie Smith
Buffalo, Erie County, NY 14213
April 20, 1880
May 1970
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1880 - 1970

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  • 04/20
    1880

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    April 20, 1880
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  • 05/dd
    1970

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    May 1970
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    Bessie Smith lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1880, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, in October, the "Blizzard of 1880" began in North America - considered the most severe winter ever known in the US. Many areas were snowbound throughout the whole winter, which was made famous in Laura Ingalls Wilder's book The Long Winter.
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In 1895, she was just 15 years old when 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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