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Ella M Thornton 1919 - 1996

Ella M Thornton of Fayette, Jefferson County, MS was born on June 14, 1919, and died at age 77 years old on September 29, 1996.
Ella M Thornton
Fayette, Jefferson County, MS 39069
June 14, 1919
September 29, 1996
Female
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  • 06/14
    1919

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    June 14, 1919
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  • 09/29
    1996

    Death

    September 29, 1996
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    Ella M Thornton lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1919, in the year that Ella M Thornton was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1964, she was 45 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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