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Chester Merriman 1897 - 1986

Chester Merriman of Adena, Jefferson County, Ohio was born on May 8, 1897, and died at age 88 years old in February 1986.
Chester Merriman
Adena, Jefferson County, Ohio 43901
May 8, 1897
February 1986
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Chester Merriman's History: 1897 - 1986

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  • 05/8
    1897

    Birthday

    May 8, 1897
    Birthdate
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  • 02/dd
    1986

    Death

    February 1986
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Chester Merriman lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1897, in the year that Chester Merriman was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1925, he was 28 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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