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Nellie Courtney 1897 - 1981

Nellie Courtney of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio was born on August 21, 1897, and died at age 83 years old in January 1981.
Nellie Courtney
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio 43130
August 21, 1897
January 1981
Female
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Nellie Courtney's History: 1897 - 1981

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  • 08/21
    1897

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    August 21, 1897
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  • 01/dd
    1981

    Death

    January 1981
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    Nellie Courtney lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1897, in the year that Nellie Courtney was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1924, when she was 27 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.
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