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Ben Tanton 1885 - 1985

Ben Tanton of Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas was born on June 7, 1885, and died at age 100 years old in November 1985.

Ben Tanton
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Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas 75455
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In 1885, in the year that Ben Tanton was born, on February 16th, the first Dow Jones Industrial Average was published by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. The index was 62.76. It represented 12 stocks - American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, Distilling & Cattle Feeding, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, North American, Tennessee Coal and Iron, U.S. Leather pfd. and U.S. Rubber.
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In 1924, he was 39 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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Tanton, Ruby (Dec 27, 1914 - Sep 1984) Tanton, Dorothy (Sep 25, 1914 - Apr 1982) Tanton, Elena (Aug 20, 1912 - Jul 1983) Tanton, Joseph (Apr 18, 1921 - Jan 5, 2007) Tanton, Ronald (Jul 23, 1958 - May 11, 1995) Tanton, Bremmer (Apr 16, 1906 - Nov 7, 2001) Tanton, Alder (Jan 31, 1915 - Dec 28, 1996) Tanton, Kale (Jul 11, 1924 - Dec 27, 2001) Tanton, Luva (Dec 17, 1882 - May 1968) Tanton, Frances (Jan 23, 1922 - Mar 19, 2009)
Tanton, Carmen (Jul 31, 1939 - Sep 1983) Tanton, Lauretta (Sep 26, 1891 - Jun 20, 1988) Tanton, Ernest (Feb 17, 1888 - Jan 1963) Tanton, Beulah (Jun 26, 1932 - Dec 31, 1999) Tanton, Mildred (Nov 12, 1909 - May 11, 1997) Tanton, Alexandra (Oct 4, 1936 - Jul 18, 2008) Tanton, George (Apr 17, 1903 - Jul 1976) Tanton, Jimmie (Feb 20, 1914 - Feb 4, 2007) Tanton, Joseph (Aug 14, 1945 - Feb 12, 2010) Tanton, Josephine (Feb 11, 1921 - Aug 10, 1992)
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