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Cletus L Cottom 1901 - 1998

Cletus L Cottom of Fairview Heights, Saint Clair County, IL was born on May 19, 1901, and died at age 97 years old on October 29, 1998.
Cletus L Cottom
Fairview Heights, Saint Clair County, IL 62208
May 19, 1901
October 29, 1998
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Cletus L Cottom's History: 1901 - 1998

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  • 05/19
    1901

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    May 19, 1901
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  • 10/29
    1998

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    October 29, 1998
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    Cletus L Cottom lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1901, in the year that Cletus L Cottom was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1915, at the age of merely 14 years old, Cletus was alive when The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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