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Mattie Cheeks 1922 - 1978

Mattie Cheeks of Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina was born on March 16, 1922, and died at age 56 years old in April 1978.
Mattie Cheeks
Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina 29360
March 16, 1922
April 1978
Female
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    1922

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    March 16, 1922
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  • 04/dd
    1978

    Death

    April 1978
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    Mattie Cheeks lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.
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In 1922, in the year that Mattie Cheeks was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1942, when she was 20 years old, from January 7th through April 9th, the Battle of Bataan was fought in the Philippines. At the end of the battle, the U.S. and Filipino forces surrendered and a three-year occupation of the Philippines by Japan began. Between 60,000 and 80,000 American and Filipino soldiers surrendered and were marched around 60 to 69 miles - most were beaten, abused, or killed. Named the Bataan Death March, it was later declared to be a war crime.
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