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John Thompson 1897 - 1986

John Thompson of Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee was born on February 13, 1897, and died at age 89 years old in December 1986.
John Thompson
Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee 38343
February 13, 1897
December 1986
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    1897

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    February 13, 1897
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  • 12/dd
    1986

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    December 1986
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    John Thompson lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1897, in the year that John Thompson was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1925, John was 28 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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