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Silas Bankhead 1906 - 1993

Silas Bankhead of Columbus, Lowndes County, MS was born on April 6, 1906, and died at age 87 years old on July 11, 1993.

Silas Bankhead
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Columbus, Lowndes County, MS 39701
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In 1906, in the year that Silas Bankhead was born, Finland became the first European country to give women the vote and to allow them to run for political office. (Women in Australia and New Zealand already had that right but couldn't run for office.) Although Finland belonged to the Russian Empire, there was great unrest and the Tsar wanted to broker a quick peace. As a part of the brokered peace, women got the vote.
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In 1934, Silas was 28 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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Bankhead, Tallulah (Jan 31, 1902 - Dec 12, 1968) Bankhead, Helen (Jun 28, 1930 - Mar 28, 1994) Bankhead, Debra (Feb 23, 1951 - Mar 11, 2008) Bankhead, Joseph (Feb 5, 1969 - Jun 10, 2000) Bankhead, Ruben (Apr 25, 1908 - Jul 1975) Bankhead, Roderick (Jan 6, 1955 - Apr 7, 1995) Bankhead, Gerald (Jul 27, 1948 - Jan 1979) Bankhead, Adeline (May 10, 1904 - Aug 22, 1988) Bankhead, Annie (Feb 4, 1950 - Jan 17, 1994) Bankhead, Ariel (Apr 7, 1905 - Sep 22, 1988)
Bankhead, Carol (Sep 7, 1955 - Aug 24, 2006) Bankhead, Reuben (Jan 15, 1889 - May 1967) Bankhead, Goldie (Dec 24, 1907 - Dec 7, 1987) Bankhead, Margaret (Apr 5, 1914 - Apr 1982) Bankhead, Mirtes (Oct 20, 1922 - Jun 2, 2008) Bankhead, Thomas (Dec 26, 1903 - May 1978) Bankhead, Marie (Mar 21, 1930 - Jul 29, 1993) Bankhead, Carrie (Feb 23, 1906 - Jun 1993) Bankhead, Elizabeth (Feb 2, 1919 - Aug 4, 2006) Bankhead, Ella (Dec 21, 1925 - Nov 10, 2007)
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