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John W Tonkin 1915 - 1998

John W Tonkin of Council Grove, Morris County, KS was born on November 15, 1915, and died at age 82 years old on April 13, 1998.

John W Tonkin
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Council Grove, Morris County, KS 66846
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In 1915, in the year that John W Tonkin was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1925, he was only 10 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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Tonkin, Marion (Dec 23, 1899 - Sep 24, 1991) Tonkin, John (Nov 11, 1879 - Jun 1963) Tonkin, Iva (Aug 23, 1928 - Jan 1986) Tonkin, Marl (Feb 24, 1934 - May 1980) Tonkin, Alfred (Aug 18, 1884 - Mar 1980) Tonkin, Merle (Apr 20, 1906 - Jan 1987) Tonkin, Mary (Sep 6, 1931 - Dec 11, 2002) Tonkin, Dorothy (Mar 19, 1943 - Apr 20, 2002) Tonkin, Mary (May 10, 1922 - Sep 23, 1993) Tonkin, Mary (Jun 15, 1904 - Nov 2, 1996)
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