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William Peterson 1880 - 1979

William Peterson of Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois was born on November 29, 1880, and died at age 98 years old in May 1979.
William Peterson
Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois 61448
November 29, 1880
May 1979
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    1880

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    November 29, 1880
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  • 05/dd
    1979

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    May 1979
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    William Peterson lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1880, in the year that William Peterson was born, on February 4th, five members of one family in Ontario, Canada were killed and their farm was burned by a mob. Called the Black Donnelly Massacre, the Irish family had been feuding with other citizens of the town. No one was ever convicted.
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In 1909, at the age of 29 years old, William was alive when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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