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John Divers 1898 - 1975

John Divers of Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia was born on April 16, 1898, and died at age 77 years old in May 1975.
John Divers
Roanoke, Roanoke County, Virginia 24018
April 16, 1898
May 1975
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    1898

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    April 16, 1898
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    1975

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    May 1975
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    John Divers lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1898, in the year that John Divers was born, on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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In 1925, John was 27 years old when 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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