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Orpha L Wells 1914 - 2007

Orpha L Wells of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY was born on December 9, 1914, and died at age 92 years old on April 4, 2007.

Orpha L Wells
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Harrodsburg, Mercer County, KY 40330
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In 1914, in the year that Orpha L Wells was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1925, by the time she was only 11 years old, 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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Wells, Orpha (Dec 22, 1896 - Feb 1980) Wells, Orpha (Feb 14, 1902 - Dec 28, 1987) Wells, Orpha (Dec 9, 1890 - Nov 1971) Wells, Orpha (Jul 21, 1909 - Feb 9, 1993)
Wells, Orpha (Sep 17, 1893 - Jan 12, 1991) Wells, Orpha (May 29, 1881 - Feb 1969) Wells, Orpha (Dec 29, 1888 - May 1966)

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Wells, Bertha (Born Jan 19, 1881) Walker, Nora Wells, Emma Wells, Frederick (Jun 29, 1868 - Mar 12, 1935) Wells, George (Born Dec 27, 1900) Wells, Andrew (Born Sep 3, 1878) Wells, Mary Ann (Born Apr 10, 1844) Wells, Willard (Born Apr 26, 1915) Wells, Tom (Born Mar 17, 1895) Wells, Jesse (Born Dec 9, 1912)
Wells, James (Born Oct 15, 1910) Wells, Lucinda (Born Nov 1, 1849) Wells, Ada (Born Feb 20, 1879) Wells, Mary Louise (Born Sep 14, 1881) Wells, William Roland (Born Dec 7, 1876) Wells, Oscar Jesse (Born Jul 22, 1882) Wells, Mary (Born Sep 14, 1881) Wells, Evalena (Born Jan 29, 1881) Wells, John (Born Jan 21, 1886) Wells, Lydia Ann (Born Jan 25, 1861)
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