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Ernest Vester Simmons 1916 - 1954

Ernest Vester Simmons was born on August 7, 1916, and died at age 37 years old on May 9, 1954. Ernest Simmons was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section A Site 3060 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ernest Vester Simmons.
Ernest Vester Simmons
August 7, 1916
May 9, 1954
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  • 08/7
    1916

    Birthday

    August 7, 1916
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/9
    1954

    Death

    May 9, 1954
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Memphis National Cemetery Section A Site 3060 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn 38122
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In 1916, in the year that Ernest Vester Simmons was born, visiting nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. at 46 Amboy St. in Brooklyn New York. Ten days after the clinic opened, Sanger was arrested for "violating laws against giving out birth control information" which was defined as obscenity. The clinic was not handing out birth control - just information about sex and birth control methods. (The Comstock law categorized information about abortion, family planning, and contraception as “obscene”.) The clinics and organizations that Sanger established later evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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In 1921, at the age of merely 5 years old, Ernest was alive when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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