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Marcus Coleman Yerkes 1925 - 2003

Marcus Coleman Yerkes of Barstow, San Bernardino County, CA was born on March 6, 1925, and died at age 78 years old on June 9, 2003. Marcus Yerkes was buried at Riverside National Cemetery Section 55A Site 2072 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside.

Marcus Coleman Yerkes
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Barstow, San Bernardino County, CA 92311
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    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps, Us Air Force Rank attained: PFC, PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
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In 1925, in the year that Marcus Coleman Yerkes was born, 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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In 1949, Marcus was 24 years old when comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."
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Yerkes, Harold (Jun 4, 1906 - Nov 1974) Yerkes, Emily (Aug 30, 1918 - Aug 1975) Yerkes, Frederick (Mar 9, 1895 - May 1978) Yerkes, Arthur (May 1, 1917 - Jul 21, 1993) Yerkes, Frances (Jun 12, 1915 - Oct 25, 2010) Yerkes, Lucille (Aug 2, 1910 - Jul 16, 2002) Yerkes, Paulette (Dec 4, 1928 - Feb 1, 2009) Yerkes, Helen (Aug 24, 1903 - Feb 1982) Yerkes, Dorothy (Feb 2, 1931 - Nov 23, 2005) Yerkes, Alice (May 29, 1897 - Oct 1975)
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