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Jessie B Owens 1898 - 1997

Jessie B Owens of Yazoo City, Yazoo County, MS was born on January 6, 1898, and died at age 99 years old on January 27, 1997.
Jessie B Owens
Yazoo City, Yazoo County, MS 39194
January 6, 1898
January 27, 1997
Female
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  • 01/6
    1898

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    January 6, 1898
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  • 01/27
    1997

    Death

    January 27, 1997
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    Jessie B Owens lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 99.
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In 1898, in the year that Jessie B Owens was born, magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
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In 1952, Jessie was 54 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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