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Elmer Rigby 1884 - 1969

Elmer Rigby of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah was born on July 15, 1884, and died at age 85 years old in November 1969.
Elmer Rigby
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah 84106
July 15, 1884
November 1969
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  • 07/15
    1884

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    July 15, 1884
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  • 11/dd
    1969

    Death

    November 1969
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    Elmer Rigby lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1884, in the year that Elmer Rigby was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1895, Elmer was merely 11 years old when on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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