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Verna I Gholson 1915 - 2003

Verna I Gholson of Quincy, Adams County, IL was born on May 29, 1915, and died at age 87 years old on April 26, 2003.
Verna I Gholson
Quincy, Adams County, IL 62301
May 29, 1915
April 26, 2003
Female
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  • 05/29
    1915

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    May 29, 1915
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  • 04/26
    2003

    Death

    April 26, 2003
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    Verna I Gholson lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1915, in the year that Verna I Gholson was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1925, when she was merely 10 years old, 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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