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Jessie Terry 1888 - 1977

Jessie Terry of Sheffield, Colbert County, Alabama was born on April 5, 1888, and died at age 89 years old in August 1977.
Jessie Terry
Sheffield, Colbert County, Alabama 35660
April 5, 1888
August 1977
Female
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    1888

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    April 5, 1888
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  • 08/dd
    1977

    Death

    August 1977
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    Jessie Terry lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1888, in the year that Jessie Terry was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1925, by the time she was 37 years old, 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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