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Pearl Proffitt 1908 - 1986

Pearl Proffitt of Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee was born on March 16, 1908, and died at age 78 years old in October 1986.
Pearl Proffitt
Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee 37722
March 16, 1908
October 1986
Female
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Pearl Proffitt's History: 1908 - 1986

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    1908

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    March 16, 1908
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  • 10/dd
    1986

    Death

    October 1986
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    Pearl Proffitt lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1908, in the year that Pearl Proffitt was born, President Theodore Roosevelt held the White House Conservation Conference, which lead to the establishment of the National Conservation Commission. Preparing the first inventory of the United State's natural resources, the commission was divided into four parts: water, forests, lands, and minerals.
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In 1925, Pearl was 17 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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