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Bennie Chenault 1911 - 1980

Bennie Chenault of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan was born on August 22, 1911, and died at age 68 years old in March 1980.
Bennie Chenault
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 48201
August 22, 1911
March 1980
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Bennie Chenault's History: 1911 - 1980

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  • 08/22
    1911

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    August 22, 1911
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  • 03/dd
    1980

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    March 1980
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    Bennie Chenault lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1911, in the year that Bennie Chenault was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1922, Bennie was only 11 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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