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Clemon M Riggs 1911 - 2001

Clemon M Riggs of New Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN was born on January 16, 1911, and died at age 90 years old on January 27, 2001.
Clemon M Riggs
New Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN 37825
January 16, 1911
January 27, 2001
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  • 01/16
    1911

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    January 16, 1911
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  • 01/27
    2001

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    January 27, 2001
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    Clemon M Riggs lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1911, in the year that Clemon M Riggs was born, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, along with four fellow Norwegian explorers. After hearing that Peary had beaten him to the North Pole, Amundsen decided to tackle the South Pole. On December 14th, he succeeded.
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In 1925, at the age of just 14 years old, Clemon 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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