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Ruth H Dessen 1909 - 2007

Ruth H Dessen of Auburn, King County, WA was born on August 1, 1909, and died at age 97 years old on April 7, 2007.
Ruth H Dessen
Auburn, King County, WA 98001
August 1, 1909
April 7, 2007
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  • 08/1
    1909

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    August 1, 1909
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  • 04/7
    2007

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    April 7, 2007
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    Ruth H Dessen lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1909, in the year that Ruth H Dessen was born, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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In 1925, by the time she was 16 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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