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Mary Nelson 1898 - 1981

Mary Nelson of Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois was born on July 30, 1898, and died at age 82 years old in January 1981.
Mary Nelson
Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois 61443
July 30, 1898
January 1981
Female
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Mary Nelson's History: 1898 - 1981

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  • 07/30
    1898

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    July 30, 1898
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  • 01/dd
    1981

    Death

    January 1981
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    Mary Nelson lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1898, in the year that Mary Nelson was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1909, she was only 11 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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