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Bessie Smith 1881 - 1973

Bessie Smith of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California was born on May 13, 1881, and died at age 91 years old in April 1973.
Bessie Smith
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 90043
May 13, 1881
April 1973
Female
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    1881

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    May 13, 1881
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  • 04/dd
    1973

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    April 1973
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    Bessie Smith lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1881, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on March 4th, James A. Garfield became the 20th President of the United States. On July 2nd, he was shot by Charles Guiteau, a lawyer, in Washington, D.C. The wound became infected and Garfield died on September 19. Vice President Chester A. Arthur immediately became the 21st President.
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In 1892, Bessie was merely 11 years old when on October 5th, the Dalton Gang was shot. The Gang was attempting to rob two banks - simultaneously - in Coffeyville Kansas but word spread of the robberies and townspeople with guns greeted them when they left the banks. Four members of the gang were killed - only Emmett Dalton survived his wounds and spent 14 years in prison.
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