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Gracelle Cheely 1897 - 1983

Gracelle Cheely of Martinsville, Martinsville City County, Virginia was born on December 15, 1897, and died at age 85 years old in August 1983.

Gracelle Cheely
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Martinsville, Martinsville City County, Virginia 24112
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In 1897, in the year that Gracelle Cheely 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, at the age of 28 years old, Gracelle was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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Cheely, Walter (Feb 25, 1949 - Mar 1, 2011) Cheely, John (Apr 24, 1893 - Dec 1961) Cheely, Lois (Jan 30, 1940 - Dec 13, 2007) Cheely, Henry (Jul 15, 1934 - Jun 11, 1998) Cheely, Minnie (Mar 27, 1899 - Feb 1982) Cheely, Willard (May 17, 1903 - Jan 1981) Cheely, John (Dec 14, 1926 - Jun 11, 1994) Cheely, Walter (Nov 26, 1909 - Jun 1968) Cheely, Nellie (Jan 8, 1905 - Dec 19, 1990) Cheely, Cathlyn (Dec 9, 1920 - Apr 14, 2000)
Cheely, Hubert (Sep 7, 1909 - Jan 1986) Cheely, Kenneth (Jul 21, 1934 - Oct 28, 2008) Cheely, Joe (Nov 5, 1969 - May 11, 2003) Cheely, Mozelle (Oct 23, 1914 - May 23, 1991) Cheely, George (May 21, 1926 - Mar 1986) Cheely, Raymond (Oct 10, 1926 - Aug 15, 1997) Cheely, Melvin (May 28, 1945 - Dec 1974) Cheely, Hanna (Apr 16, 1913 - Mar 30, 1995) Cheely, Nathan (Aug 25, 1937 - Jul 1974) Cheely, Ellen (Mar 3, 1903 - Dec 17, 1993)
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