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Mendel Cates 1911 - 1997

Mendel Cates of Berea, Madison County, KY was born on May 12, 1911, and died at age 85 years old on April 29, 1997.
Mendel Cates
Berea, Madison County, KY 40403
May 12, 1911
April 29, 1997
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  • 05/12
    1911

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    May 12, 1911
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  • 04/29
    1997

    Death

    April 29, 1997
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    Mendel Cates lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1911, in the year that Mendel Cates was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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In 1925, he was merely 14 years old when 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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