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Bessie Williams 1905 - 2002

Bessie Williams of Rock Falls, Whiteside County, IL was born on December 19, 1905, and died at age 96 years old on May 4, 2002.
Bessie Williams
Rock Falls, Whiteside County, IL 61071
December 19, 1905
May 4, 2002
Female
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Bessie Williams' History: 1905 - 2002

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  • 12/19
    1905

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    December 19, 1905
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  • 05/4
    2002

    Death

    May 4, 2002
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    Bessie Williams lived 26 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1905, in the year that Bessie Williams was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1923, when she was 18 years old, on September 1, an earthquake - the Great Kanto earthquake - destroyed one-third of Tokyo. Measuring 7.9 and with a reported duration of between 4 and 10 minutes, casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.
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