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Bessie Whitehead 1890 - 1980

Bessie Whitehead of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi was born on March 5, 1890, and died at age 90 years old in October 1980.
Bessie Whitehead
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi 39211
March 5, 1890
October 1980
Female
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Bessie Whitehead's History: 1890 - 1980

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    1890

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    March 5, 1890
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  • 10/dd
    1980

    Death

    October 1980
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    Bessie Whitehead lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1890, in the year that Bessie Whitehead was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1936, when she was 46 years old, on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.
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