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Gerrit Devries 1897 - 1983

Gerrit Devries of Corsica, Douglas County, South Dakota was born on May 8, 1897, and died at age 86 years old in July 1983.

Gerrit Devries

Corsica, Douglas County, South Dakota 57328

May 8, 1897

July 1983

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May 8, 1897

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July 1983

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Gerrit Devries lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.

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In 1897, in the year that Gerrit Devries was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

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In 1925, when he was 28 years old, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".

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