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Tom Gilreath 1906 - 1977

Tom Gilreath of Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia was born on May 23, 1906, and died at age 71 years old in December 1977.
Tom Gilreath
Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia 30707
May 23, 1906
December 1977
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    1906

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    May 23, 1906
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  • 12/dd
    1977

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    December 1977
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    Tom Gilreath lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1906, in the year that Tom Gilreath was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1925, at the age of 19 years old, Tom was alive when gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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