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Cora Higginbotham 1889 - 1974

Cora Higginbotham of Gilmer, Upshur County, TX was born on August 19, 1889, and died at age 84 years old on August 15, 1974.
Gilmer, Upshur County, TX 75644
August 19, 1889
August 15, 1974
Female
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  • 08/19
    1889

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    August 19, 1889
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  • 08/15
    1974

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    August 15, 1974
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    Cora Higginbotham lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1889, in the year that Cora Higginbotham was born, on April 22nd, at "high noon," about 50,000 people took off to claim open lands in the Land Rush of 1889. Called the "Unassigned Lands," part or all of 6 counties in Oklahoma were up for grabs. By the end of the day, Oklahoma City and Guthrie were created - each with about 10,000 inhabitants.
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In 1925, at the age of 36 years old, Cora 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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