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Bessie Smith 1897 - 1982

Bessie Smith of Laconia, Belknap County, NH was born on March 17, 1897, and died at age 85 years old in March 1982.
Bessie Smith
Laconia, Belknap County, NH 03246
March 17, 1897
March 1982
Female
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    1897

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    March 17, 1897
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  • 03/dd
    1982

    Death

    March 1982
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    Bessie Smith lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1897, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.
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In 1921, Bessie was 24 years old when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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