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Essie Witherspoon 1915 - 1998

Essie Witherspoon of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on December 2, 1915, and died at age 82 years old on August 11, 1998.

Essie Witherspoon

Chicago, Cook County, IL 60619

December 2, 1915

August 11, 1998

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1915

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December 2, 1915

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1998

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August 11, 1998

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Essie Witherspoon lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.

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In 1915, in the year that Essie Witherspoon was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.

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In 1934, Essie was 19 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.

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