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Jessie Watts 1890 - 1971

Jessie Watts of Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee was born on June 26, 1890, and died at age 81 years old in June 1971.
Jessie Watts
Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee 37821
June 26, 1890
June 1971
Female
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    1890

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    June 26, 1890
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    1971

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    June 1971
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    Jessie Watts lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1890, in the year that Jessie Watts was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1925, at the age of 35 years old, Jessie was alive when gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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