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Ruth M Benton 1909 - 1988

Ruth M Benton of Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA was born on February 2, 1909, and died at age 79 years old on September 4, 1988.
Ruth M Benton
Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA 23703
February 2, 1909
September 4, 1988
Female
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    1909

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    February 2, 1909
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  • 09/4
    1988

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    September 4, 1988
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    Ruth M Benton lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1909, in the year that Ruth M Benton was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".
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In 1924, she was merely 15 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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