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Leona Peurifoy 1885 - 1981

Leona Peurifoy of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas was born on February 5, 1885, and died at age 96 years old in August 1981.
Leona Peurifoy
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 75225
February 5, 1885
August 1981
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  • 02/5
    1885

    Birthday

    February 5, 1885
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  • 08/dd
    1981

    Death

    August 1981
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    Leona Peurifoy lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1885, in the year that Leona Peurifoy was born, on February 16th, the first Dow Jones Industrial Average was published by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. The index was 62.76. It represented 12 stocks - American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, Distilling & Cattle Feeding, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, North American, Tennessee Coal and Iron, U.S. Leather pfd. and U.S. Rubber.
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In 1924, she was 39 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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