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Jennie Pettit 1879 - 1978

Jennie Pettit of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois was born on December 16, 1879, and died at age 98 years old in July 1978.
Jennie Pettit
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois 61201
December 16, 1879
July 1978
Female
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Jennie Pettit's History: 1879 - 1978

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    December 16, 1879
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    1978

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    July 1978
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    Jennie Pettit lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1879, in the year that Jennie Pettit was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1914, at the age of 35 years old, Jennie was alive when in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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