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Simon Piersma 1882 - 1968

Simon Piersma of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 5, 1882, and died at age 86 years old in November 1968.
Simon Piersma
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60655
November 5, 1882
November 1968
Male
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    1882

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    1968

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    November 1968
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    Simon Piersma lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1882, in the year that Simon Piersma was born, on March 22nd, the Edmunds Act - passed by Congress - made polygamy a felony. The Act also banned "bigamous" relationships and "unlawful cohabitation", making it illegal for polygamists and those who simply lived together without marrying to vote, be on a jury, or hold a public office.
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In 1924, he was 42 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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