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Wilbur Murphy 1911 - 1971

Wilbur Murphy of Mason, Effingham County, Illinois was born on July 5, 1911, and died at age 60 years old in December 1971.
Wilbur Murphy
Mason, Effingham County, Illinois 62443
July 5, 1911
December 1971
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Wilbur Murphy's History: 1911 - 1971

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    1911

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    July 5, 1911
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  • 12/dd
    1971

    Death

    December 1971
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    Wilbur Murphy lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.
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In 1911, in the year that Wilbur Murphy was born, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, along with four fellow Norwegian explorers. After hearing that Peary had beaten him to the North Pole, Amundsen decided to tackle the South Pole. On December 14th, he succeeded.
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In 1925, at the age of merely 14 years old, Wilbur 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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