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Rufus Dempsey 1905 - 1985

Rufus Dempsey of Marion, Grant County, Indiana was born on November 14, 1905, and died at age 79 years old in August 1985.

Rufus Dempsey

Marion, Grant County, Indiana 46953

November 14, 1905

August 1985

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Rufus Dempsey lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.

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In 1905, in the year that Rufus Dempsey was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.

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In 1915, he was only 10 years old when The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".

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