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Blafford Smith 1888 - 1967

Blafford Smith of Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma was born on November 30, 1888, and died at age 78 years old in October 1967.
Blafford Smith
Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma 74301
November 30, 1888
October 1967
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    1888

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    1967

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    October 1967
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    Blafford Smith lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1888, in the year that Blafford Smith was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1925, Blafford was 37 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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