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John Townsend 1882 - 1969

John Townsend of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa was born on June 11, 1882, and died at age 86 years old in April 1969.
John Townsend
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 52403
June 11, 1882
April 1969
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John Townsend's History: 1882 - 1969

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    1882

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    June 11, 1882
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    1969

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    April 1969
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    John Townsend lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1882, in the year that John Townsend was born, on March 22nd, the Edmunds Act - passed by Congress - made polygamy a felony. The Act also banned "bigamous" relationships and "unlawful cohabitation", making it illegal for polygamists and those who simply lived together without marrying to vote, be on a jury, or hold a public office.
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In 1905, he was 23 years old when the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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