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Bessie Smith 1880 - 1982

Bessie Smith of Latrobe, Westmoreland County, PA was born on November 5, 1880, and died at age 101 years old in August 1982.
Bessie Smith
Latrobe, Westmoreland County, PA 15650
November 5, 1880
August 1982
Female
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    1880

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    November 5, 1880
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    1982

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    August 1982
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    Bessie Smith lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 101.
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In 1880, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on August 26th, P. T. Barnum and James A. Bailey signed a contract in Bridgeport, CT, creating the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Twenty-seven years later, the Barnum and Bailey would merge with another circus, Ringling Brothers.
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In 1894, at the age of just 14 years old, Bessie was alive when on March 12th, for the first time, Coca-Cola was sold in individual bottles as a drink for consumer consumption. Previously, it was sold as a syrup for upset stomachs - over the counter.
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