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Bess A Downey 1906 - 1995

Bess A Downey of Huntsville, Walker County, TX was born on November 30, 1906, and died at age 89 years old on December 12, 1995.
Bess A Downey
Huntsville, Walker County, TX 77340
November 30, 1906
December 12, 1995
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  • 11/30
    1906

    Birthday

    November 30, 1906
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  • 12/12
    1995

    Death

    December 12, 1995
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    Bess A Downey lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1906, in the year that Bess A Downey was born, President Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel Prize for Peace. The award was considered controversial at the time because many thought that he was an imperialist. But he had brokered peace between Russia and Japan a year previous and had allowed a dispute between Mexico and the U.S. to go to arbitration, resolving the issue peacefully rather than resorting to military conflict. For these two reasons, the Nobel Prize committee chose him for the Peace Prize.
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In 1925, by the time she was 19 years old, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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