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Bessie Smith 1912 - 2001

Bessie Smith of Elizabeth, Union County, NJ was born on April 5, 1912, and died at age 88 years old on March 5, 2001.
Bessie Smith
Elizabeth, Union County, NJ 07202
April 5, 1912
March 5, 2001
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1912 - 2001

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  • 04/5
    1912

    Birthday

    April 5, 1912
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  • 03/5
    2001

    Death

    March 5, 2001
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Smith lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1912, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, New Mexico became the 47th state of the Union in January. Previously a province of Mexico, then a territory of the United States and mostly populated by Native Americans and Mexicans, once it became a U.S. territory it was increasingly colonized by European-American settlers. Its population was over 327,000 when it became a state.
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In 1920, she was only 8 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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