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Henry Devries 1901 - 1988

Henry Devries of Cavour, Beadle County, SD was born on February 10, 1901, and died at age 87 years old on October 24, 1988.
Henry Devries
Cavour, Beadle County, SD 57324
February 10, 1901
October 24, 1988
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  • 02/10
    1901

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    February 10, 1901
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  • 10/24
    1988

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    October 24, 1988
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    Henry Devries lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1901, in the year that Henry Devries was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1915, Henry was just 14 years old when The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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