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Lyda Briggs 1895 - 1969

Lyda Briggs of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina was born on February 9, 1895, and died at age 74 years old in May 1969.

Lyda Briggs
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Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina 28804
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February 9, 1895
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In 1895, in the year that Lyda Briggs was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1909, Lyda was just 14 years old when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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Wamboldt-Briggs, Adelaide (Born May 12, 1897) Briggs, Amos (Sep 4, 1895 - Dec 1980) Briggs, Henry (Aug 1, 1824 - Sep 23, 1887) Briggs, Roger (Jul 27, 1900 - Dec 1979) Briggs, Paul (Jul 2, 1908 - Sep 1978) Briggs, William (Nov 24, 1916 - Mar 1987) Briggs, Clifton (Jul 11, 1907 - Jul 1972) Briggs, John (Feb 28, 1888 - Aug 1975) Briggs, Rose (Mar 13, 1916 - Sep 22, 2009) Briggs, George (May 12, 1917 - Nov 1986)
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