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Richard Defries 1906 - 1981

Richard Defries of Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana was born on October 16, 1906, and died at age 75 years old in November 1981.
Richard Defries
Bremen, Marshall County, Indiana 46506
October 16, 1906
November 1981
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    1906

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    October 16, 1906
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  • 11/dd
    1981

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    November 1981
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    Richard Defries lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1906, in the year that Richard Defries 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."
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In 1913, at the age of merely 7 years old, Richard was alive when the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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