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John D Mims 1924 - 2005

John Durant Mims of Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina was born on February 18, 1924, and died at age 81 years old on August 10, 2005.
John Durant Mims
Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina 29102
February 18, 1924
August 10, 2005
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John Durant Mims' History: 1924 - 2005

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  • 02/18
    1924

    Birthday

    February 18, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Florence County, South Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    3 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34966050 Enlisted: March 28, 1944 in Ft Bragg North Carolina Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 08/10
    2005

    Death

    August 10, 2005
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1924, in the year that John D Mims was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1934, by the time he was merely 10 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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