Mena J Alexander
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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Mena J Alexander (1906 - 1996)

Mena J Alexander was born on August 28, 1906. Mena died on November 8, 1996 at 90 years of age. We know that Mena J Alexander had been residing in Saint Martinville, Saint Martin County, Louisiana.
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Saint Martinville, Saint Martin County, Louisiana

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Mena J Alexander lived 20 years longer than the average Alexander family member when they died at the age of 90.

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Elsie Alexander

Elsie Alexander

Sarah E. Alexander Armstrong

Sarah E. Alexander Armstrong

Sarah E. Alexander Armstrong

Sarah E. Alexander Armstrong

Boyer Alexander

Boyer Alexander

Gamble Alexander

Gamble Alexander

Lenora May Alexander - Rushville Indiana

Lenora May Alexander - Rushville Indiana

Thomas Alexander - Albany New York

Thomas Alexander - Albany New York

William Alexander Family Rushville Indiana 1886

William Alexander Family Rushville Indiana 1886

Boyer Alexander

Boyer Alexander

Boyer and Alexander family

Boyer and Alexander family

Melba Alexander

Melba Alexander

Ruby Alexander

Ruby Alexander

Janet Denise Alexander gravesite

Janet Denise Alexander gravesite

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Naomi I. Studler - Alexander Elsie Alexander Sarah E. Alexander Armstrong Sarah E. Alexander Armstrong

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1906 - In the year that Mena J Alexander was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

1907 - This person was just 1 year old when the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.

1924 - By the time this person was 18 years old, 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.

1988 - When this person was 82 years old, on December 21st, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie Scotland. The explosion killed all 259 people on board and another 11 on the ground. The flight had left Heathrow Airport in London less than an hour before, on its way to New York. After an exhaustive (and long) investigation it came to be believed that two individuals from Libya had planted the bomb.

1996 - In the year of Mena J Alexander's passing, on July 5th, the first cloned mammal - "Dolly the Sheep" - was born in Scotland. She had three mothers. Dolly lived to be 6 years old and produced 6 lambs. Since, other sheep have been cloned as well as horses, pigs, deer, and bulls.

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Mena J Alexander passed away on November 8, 1996 at 90 years old. No cause of death has been listed for Mena. Mena was born on August 28, 1906. There is no information about Mena's family or relationships. We know that Mena J Alexander had been residing in Saint Martinville, Saint Martin County, Louisiana.

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