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Ruth Gessele 1918 - 2003

Ruth Gessele of Gaston, Washington County, OR was born on February 10, 1918, and died at age 84 years old on February 3, 2003.
Ruth Gessele
Gaston, Washington County, OR 97119
February 10, 1918
February 3, 2003
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  • 02/10
    1918

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    February 10, 1918
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  • 02/3
    2003

    Death

    February 3, 2003
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    Ruth Gessele lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1918, in the year that Ruth Gessele was born, in July, Russian revolutionaries executed the former Tzar Nicholas II and his immediate family. While it was rumored that two of the children had survived, it was later proven through DNA analysis - when their bodies were found - that the entire family had been killed.
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In 1925, at the age of only 7 years old, Ruth was alive 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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