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Chester W Riley 1916 - 1998

Chester W Riley of Owensboro, Daviess County, KY was born on July 22, 1916, and died at age 81 years old on April 1, 1998.
Chester W Riley
Owensboro, Daviess County, KY 42303
July 22, 1916
April 1, 1998
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  • 07/22
    1916

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    July 22, 1916
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  • 04/1
    1998

    Death

    April 1, 1998
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    Chester W Riley lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1916, in the year that Chester W Riley was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1925, at the age of only 9 years old, Chester was alive 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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