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Velma Young 1912 - 1981

Velma Young of Richmond, Richmond City County, Virginia was born on July 31, 1912, and died at age 69 years old in October 1981.
Velma Young
Richmond, Richmond City County, Virginia 23223
July 31, 1912
October 1981
Female
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    1912

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    July 31, 1912
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  • 10/dd
    1981

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    October 1981
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    Velma Young lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1912, in the year that Velma Young was born, New Mexico became the 47th state of the Union in January. Previously a province of Mexico, then a territory of the United States and mostly populated by Native Americans and Mexicans, once it became a U.S. territory it was increasingly colonized by European-American settlers. Its population was over 327,000 when it became a state.
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In 1925, at the age of just 13 years old, Velma was alive when 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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