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Leona Astroth 1897 - 1987

Leona Astroth of Alton, Madison County, Illinois was born on August 29, 1897, and died at age 90 years old in November 1987.
Leona Astroth
Alton, Madison County, Illinois 62002
August 29, 1897
November 1987
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Leona Astroth's History: 1897 - 1987

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  • 08/29
    1897

    Birthday

    August 29, 1897
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  • 11/dd
    1987

    Death

    November 1987
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    Cause of death
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    Leona Astroth lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1897, in the year that Leona Astroth 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 1903, Leona was just 6 years old when the book The Souls of Black Folk, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, was published. Containing several essays on the African-American experience in America, much of the book was based on Du Bois' own life. The book was one of the very early works in the science of sociology.
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