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Wilson Purvis 1879 - 1967

Wilson Purvis of Butler, Butler County, PA was born on December 24, 1879, and died at age 87 years old in April 1967.

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Butler, Butler County, PA 16001
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In 1879, in the year that Wilson Purvis was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1925, he was 46 years old 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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Eskridge-Purvis, Lucille (Born 1913) Purvis, E. (Born Dec 27, 1940) Purvis, Charles (Born 1850) Purvis, Mary M Damon (Born 1860) Purvis, Ernest (Aug 7, 1897 - Oct 1970) Purvis, Brett (Jan 8, 1948 - Jan 12, 2009) Purvis, Flora (Jan 6, 1930 - May 26, 2003) Purvis, Carlyle (Jun 8, 1926 - Sep 12, 1998) Purvis, Donn (Jun 10, 1903 - Oct 1972) Purvis, Mary (Nov 17, 1920 - Jan 8, 2001)
Purvis, Carlton (Jul 27, 1930 - Jan 1984) Purvis, George (Jul 23, 1904 - Jan 1971) Purvis, Sandra (Jan 11, 1938 - Jun 17, 2010) Purvis, Rebecca (Aug 27, 1884 - May 15, 1974) Purvis, Sylvia (Sep 2, 1931 - Aug 27, 1999) Purvis, Kevin (Mar 2, 1984 - Aug 10, 1999) Purvis, Ian (Apr 25, 1993 - Nov 5, 1993) Purvis, Dale (Apr 27, 1903 - Oct 1981) Purvis, Honor (Aug 15, 1901 - Jan 1983) Purvis, Christian (Oct 7, 1975 - Jul 16, 2011)
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